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A Rose in the Twilight cover art

A Rose in the Twilight

Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. · NIS America, Inc. · 2017-04-11

Steam

AdventureStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 12, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 12, 2017 (PlayStation Vita)

A girl awakens in a castle void of color and time, affixed with the Curse of Thorns upon her back. After meeting a sleeping giant, the two work together to escape. Help them unravel the mystery of the thorns and the history behind the somber castle.

3
playing now
85%
positive of 524 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

A Rose in the Twilight is a puzzle-platform game with horror elements. It was created by Japanese game developer Nippon Ichi Software for the PlayStation Vita and Microsoft Windows. The game is directed and designed by Masayuki Furuya. The game's art style consists exclusively of white, black, grey, and red.

Health check

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  • · Top 40% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 524 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2020-09-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992017-04-112026-07-092017-04-11 — best price $19.992017-07-15 — best price $14.992017-11-17 — best price $11.992018-01-29 — best price $19.992018-05-10 — best price $10.992018-08-28 — best price $9.992018-11-15 — best price $7.992019-02-04 — best price $7.992019-05-20 — best price $5.002019-08-15 — best price $4.992019-11-08 — best price $5.002020-01-07 — best price $19.992020-03-20 — best price $4.992020-06-02 — best price $9.992020-08-21 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-05-01 — best price $3.992021-07-14 — best price $19.992021-11-30 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-10-24 — best price $3.992022-12-22 — best price $3.992023-04-28 — best price $3.992023-08-21 — best price $19.992023-12-15 — best price $4.002024-05-06 — best price $19.992024-09-09 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-05-19 — best price $3.992025-09-04 — best price $19.992025-12-07 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS Vita (PlayStation)93053%29
Steam (Steam)5749%28

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

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeHorrorPuzzleStrategyAdventureAtmosphericGreat SoundtrackPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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