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Alina of the Arena

PINIX · 2022-10-13

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IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 19, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 19, 2022 (Mac), Nov 23, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Nov 23, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Nov 23, 2023 (Xbox One), Nov 23, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

A roguelike deckbuilding tactics game that combines elements from 'Slay the Spire' and 'Into the Breach'. Play as a gladiator to survive. With roguelike deckbuilding and hex-based tactics, no longer bound by simple attack and defense. Make use of dodges and knockbacks to stay alive!

Alina of the Arena is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2022 for $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 3963 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

18
playing now
92%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (77 downloads)
4.32★
PlayStation Store rating (168 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Alina of the Arena is a 2022 video game developed by PINIX Games, self-published for Windows, Mac, and Xbox and published by DANGEN Entertainment in 2023 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. The game is a deck-building roguelite in which players defeat enemies in an arena. Upon release, the game received generally favorable reviews.

Trailer

Alina of the Arena trailer thumbnail

Alina of the Arena - Release Date Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 121 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (659 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 79k–178k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,963 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-05-04) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
61361320222026Week of 2022-01-01: 613 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3362026-09-14 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 19 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 17 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 21 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 20 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
70814Jan 2022Aug 2026Jan 2022 — avg 708 · peak 1,534Mar 2022 — avg 113 · peak 269May 2022 — avg 131 · peak 341Jul 2022 — avg 105 · peak 272Sep 2022 — avg 116 · peak 288Nov 2022 — avg 175 · peak 435Jan 2023 — avg 145 · peak 278Mar 2023 — avg 98 · peak 185May 2023 — avg 97 · peak 212Jul 2023 — avg 98 · peak 228Sep 2023 — avg 65 · peak 156Nov 2023 — avg 68 · peak 162Jan 2024 — avg 51 · peak 111Mar 2024 — avg 44 · peak 178May 2024 — avg 32 · peak 70Jul 2024 — avg 42 · peak 80Sep 2024 — avg 32 · peak 66Nov 2024 — avg 37 · peak 95Jan 2025 — avg 31 · peak 70Mar 2025 — avg 25 · peak 52May 2025 — avg 25 · peak 51Jul 2025 — avg 28 · peak 60Sep 2025 — avg 20 · peak 38Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 33Jan 2026 — avg 25 · peak 59Mar 2026 — avg 20 · peak 45May 2026 — avg 35 · peak 130Jul 2026 — avg 19 · peak 42Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$5.992022-01-192026-10-092022-01-19 — best price $10.392022-04-25 — best price $10.392022-06-23 — best price $10.392022-07-31 — best price $10.392022-08-10 — best price $14.992022-10-27 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-01-28 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-05-15 — best price $14.992023-07-17 — best price $14.992023-09-04 — best price $14.992023-11-16 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-04-01 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-08-05 — best price $14.992024-11-14 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-04-28 — best price $14.992025-06-09 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-11 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-09-18 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1502026-05-30 — 0 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 6 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-17 — 3 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 3 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1 pageviews2026-08-18 — 3 pageviews2026-08-22 — 2 pageviews2026-08-26 — 4 pageviews2026-08-30 — 4 pageviews2026-09-03 — 3 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1 pageviews2026-09-11 — 2 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 5 pageviews2026-09-23 — 2 pageviews2026-09-27 — 3 pageviews2026-10-01 — 9 pageviews2026-10-05 — 3 pageviews2026-10-08 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
70.9%
earned "Slave Arena"
14.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, German, Spanish - Latin America, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-08-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8913%42
PS5 (PlayStation)11919%42
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1175%42
PS4 (PlayStation)2429%42
Switch (Nintendo)20%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

IndieHex GridStrategyCard GameDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteDark FantasyDeckbuildingSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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