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A Bastard's Tale

No Pest Productions · 2015-05-26

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 04, 2016 (PlayStation 4), May 26, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A game about parrying, attacking, and overcoming difficult foes

A Bastard's Tale is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2015, priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (80% of 394 reviews).

0
playing now
80%
positive of 394 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
57/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
3.41★
PlayStation Store rating (350 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

A Bastard's Tale is an action 2D video game, published by Swedish studio No Pest Productions for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows. It received generally negative reviews from critics.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 27,740 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.8k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 394 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-06-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992015-05-262026-08-172015-05-26 — best price $4.492015-10-26 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $1.692016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $1.692017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $1.692017-11-02 — best price $4.992018-01-29 — best price $1.492018-05-16 — best price $4.992018-10-15 — best price $1.492019-02-05 — best price $1.242019-05-20 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $1.692020-02-03 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-11-02 — best price $4.992021-02-01 — best price $1.492021-05-17 — best price $4.992021-09-27 — best price $1.492022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-05-23 — best price $1.492022-08-29 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $1.492023-02-13 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $1.192023-10-02 — best price $4.992024-01-29 — best price $1.392024-04-01 — best price $4.992024-07-29 — best price $1.192024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $1.192025-05-26 — best price $4.992025-09-01 — best price $0.992025-10-20 — best price $4.992026-01-12 — best price $1.242026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-08-17 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-05-30 — 1 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 6 pageviews2026-06-19 — 3 pageviews2026-06-23 — 2 pageviews2026-06-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 0 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1 pageviews2026-07-17 — 3 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 4 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1 pageviews2026-08-10 — 3 pageviews2026-08-14 — 2 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1 pageviews2026-08-22 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews2026-08-30 — 0 pageviews2026-09-03 — 6 pageviews2026-09-07 — 4 pageviews2026-09-11 — 4 pageviews2026-09-15 — 4 pageviews2026-09-19 — 2 pageviews2026-09-23 — 2 pageviews2026-09-27 — 0 pageviews2026-10-01 — 4 pageviews2026-10-05 — 2 pageviews2026-10-09 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
36.1%
earned "First Level"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5078%10
PS4 (PlayStation)3712%10
PS4 (PlayStation)1925%10

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieActionArcadeMedievalAdventureDifficultSwordplayControllerSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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