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Across the Obelisk cover art

Across the Obelisk

Dreamsite Games · Paradox Interactive · 2022-08-16

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 08, 2021 (Mac), Apr 08, 2021 (Linux), Mar 21, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 06, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 06, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!

413
playing now
80%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
72/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

413 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 413 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 464 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~58/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,542 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 262k–588k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,075 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.07 at GameBillet (2024-11-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 41 of 73 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20212026Week of 2021-04-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,364 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 914 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 346 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5061692026-08-06 21:00 — 359 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 213 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 328 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 432 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 384 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 377 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 443 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 373 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 387 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 437 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 260 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 274 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 356 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 259 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 313 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 355 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 227 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 330 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 506 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 299 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 208 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 358 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 417 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 280 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 377 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 401 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 193 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 340 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 413 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$8.172021-04-082026-08-262021-04-08 — best price $15.292021-12-22 — best price $14.392022-08-31 — best price $15.992022-09-22 — best price $15.992022-11-15 — best price $17.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-02-16 — best price $15.992023-04-03 — best price $12.392023-05-18 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $12.992023-12-15 — best price $11.092024-01-24 — best price $17.882024-02-24 — best price $17.992024-03-31 — best price $17.992024-04-19 — best price $8.402024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-06-17 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-07 — best price $19.262024-09-26 — best price $8.652024-11-21 — best price $8.172024-12-01 — best price $9.022024-12-23 — best price $9.702025-01-02 — best price $9.152025-01-22 — best price $8.792025-02-02 — best price $9.412025-04-05 — best price $9.902025-04-29 — best price $9.402025-06-01 — best price $19.992025-07-04 — best price $8.892025-09-17 — best price $9.192025-11-03 — best price $8.992025-12-08 — best price $19.992026-01-23 — best price $8.172026-03-04 — best price $9.992026-04-24 — best price $9.802026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1502026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82%
earned "Bloodshed"
54.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing15 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, French, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,0730%148
PS5 (PlayStation)15815%59
Xbox Series (Xbox)1533%67
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCo-opFantasyStrategyCard GameRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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