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Amaranthine cover art

Amaranthine

Roman Kozhukhov · 2016-04-06

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 06, 2016 (Linux), Apr 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Amaranthine - is a dynamic horizontal scrolling shooter with elements of procedural generation. Travel through warp to the distant frozen planet that sent a distress signal.

Amaranthine is an Action and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Very Positive (92% of 108 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
92%
positive of 108 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 108 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2017-10-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2016-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.742016-04-062024-06-032016-04-06 — best price $2.692016-07-18 — best price $2.092016-10-28 — best price $0.892016-12-22 — best price $1.492017-04-10 — best price $0.892017-08-21 — best price $0.892017-11-01 — best price $2.992018-01-04 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-11-01 — best price $2.992019-01-04 — best price $2.992019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-07-10 — best price $2.992019-10-14 — best price $2.992019-12-03 — best price $2.992020-01-27 — best price $2.992020-04-29 — best price $2.192020-05-25 — best price $2.992020-08-17 — best price $2.992020-11-02 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-03-01 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-10-18 — best price $2.992021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-02-14 — best price $2.992022-05-30 — best price $2.992022-08-01 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-10-02 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-06-03 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
18.1%
earned "Killer Machine 1"
11.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-04-26 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieSpaceActionShooterShoot 'Em UpGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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