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Affogato cover art

Affogato

Befun Studio · Spiral Up Games · 2023-08-17

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 17, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Affogato is a RPG featuring a unique 'reverse tower defense' mechanic. Play as a sorceress managing a café in Arorua. Meet customers from all walks of life, hear their stories and travel into their minds to help them defeat their inner demons. Experience a city life that exudes magic and excitement.

Affogato is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $16.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 1142 reviews).

2
playing now
83%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
1
Nexus mods (12 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

As a sorceress who's just arrived in Arorua, you must manage both your debt and the running of your coffee shop. As a barista, you'll meet customers of all kinds and hear all the enchanting stories they have to tell. And since you're a sorceress, you can use your arcane talents to travel right into their minds and uncover their deepest secrets.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (571 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 29,201 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,142 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.30 at Fanatical (2025-11-03) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 21 of 39 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
48448420232026Week of 2023-08-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$7.302023-08-172026-08-082023-08-17 — best price $14.442023-11-10 — best price $15.292023-11-30 — best price $14.952024-01-30 — best price $16.992024-02-15 — best price $16.992024-03-07 — best price $14.442024-05-01 — best price $14.442024-05-20 — best price $13.592024-06-27 — best price $12.742024-07-31 — best price $16.992024-08-23 — best price $13.492024-10-01 — best price $10.872024-11-01 — best price $10.192024-11-16 — best price $16.992024-12-04 — best price $16.992024-12-19 — best price $11.042025-01-11 — best price $16.992025-02-10 — best price $13.492025-03-18 — best price $12.482025-04-21 — best price $12.482025-06-20 — best price $10.192025-07-11 — best price $13.492025-08-18 — best price $10.192025-09-06 — best price $12.482025-09-29 — best price $10.192025-10-27 — best price $9.342025-11-06 — best price $16.992025-12-06 — best price $16.992026-01-05 — best price $16.992026-02-22 — best price $16.992026-04-01 — best price $16.992026-05-08 — best price $8.502026-06-19 — best price $8.502026-07-16 — best price $7.642026-08-01 — best price $16.992026-08-08 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
94%
earned "Classic Amnesia"
17.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-08-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6174%31

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

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeIndieMagicCartoonFantasyColorfulStrategy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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