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A Long Way Down

Seenapsis Studio · Goblinz Publishing · 2020-08-27

Steam

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 01, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 16, 2020 (Mac), Jan 16, 2020 (Linux)

A deck-building roguelite RPG set in a dark and tormented world. Assemble your party and use your cards to survive, fight and build your way through a dark maze of monsters orchestrated by an evil mastermind. Your choices will lead you to judgement.

A Long Way Down is an Indie, RPG and Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $17.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 231 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

66%
positive of 230 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (41 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 51,314 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.6k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 230 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Humble Store (2023-02-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 79 of 118 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920202026Week of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$1.792020-01-162026-09-082020-01-16 — best price $14.192020-02-20 — best price $14.392020-05-26 — best price $15.292020-07-17 — best price $14.392020-08-25 — best price $17.992020-10-07 — best price $17.992020-11-15 — best price $17.992020-12-22 — best price $11.692021-02-03 — best price $15.192021-03-14 — best price $17.992021-05-09 — best price $8.992021-07-08 — best price $17.992021-10-22 — best price $14.162021-12-13 — best price $5.392022-02-09 — best price $7.192022-05-23 — best price $5.392022-08-17 — best price $5.392022-12-23 — best price $5.392023-02-23 — best price $5.392023-06-09 — best price $5.392023-08-15 — best price $5.392023-10-11 — best price $5.392023-12-07 — best price $17.992024-02-10 — best price $5.402024-05-03 — best price $4.492024-08-07 — best price $4.492024-10-19 — best price $14.162025-01-23 — best price $4.492025-05-12 — best price $3.062025-09-03 — best price $3.592025-11-11 — best price $14.162026-01-19 — best price $3.052026-04-15 — best price $2.692026-06-16 — best price $14.282026-08-22 — best price $3.602026-09-08 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
42.2%
earned "You made it"
6.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, German, Russian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6144%9
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

RPGIndieStrategyAdventureCard GameDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedCard Battler

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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