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Ampersat cover art

Ampersat

Gaterooze, Ink · 2022-05-06

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 26, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 26, 2021 (Mac), Aug 26, 2021 (Linux), Aug 26, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 26, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

A shooty, slashy, RPG-y game mixing retro and modern sensibilities. A blend of influences from Gauntlet & Smash TV to Zelda & Angband, Ampersat is a handcrafted adventure but with appeal to Roguelite fans. Battle ASCII creatures in colorful areas & free letters to return language to the village!

14
playing now
83%
positive of 835 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Ampersat is a shooty, slashy, RPG-y game mixing old-school/retro and modern sensibilities. A blend of influences from Gauntlet and Smash TV to Zelda and a dash of Angband, this is a handcrafted adventure with much appeal to fans of Roguelites. A labor of love from a solo developer, Ampersat distills some favorite childhood gaming experiences into a fresh, fun hybrid that sees you killing a lot of monsters, finding a lot of loot, freeing captured letters (um, what?) and growing from a world-weary warrior mage into a powerful smashing/blasting machine!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 835 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2026-03-02) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 35 of 67 observed days · $9.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020222026Week of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek 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

1422026-08-12 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 11 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002022-05-062026-08-272022-05-06 — best price $8.992022-06-14 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992023-01-18 — best price $4.992023-04-14 — best price $2.492023-07-16 — best price $2.492023-11-07 — best price $0.002023-11-25 — best price $8.292023-12-14 — best price $5.682024-01-11 — best price $8.472024-02-02 — best price $9.992024-03-08 — best price $9.992024-04-02 — best price $8.472024-04-21 — best price $8.472024-05-05 — best price $4.692024-06-07 — best price $8.472024-06-28 — best price $4.902024-09-02 — best price $4.692024-09-13 — best price $4.002024-09-23 — best price $8.292024-10-23 — best price $0.992024-12-18 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-08-01 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-29 — best price $5.002025-12-12 — best price $0.992026-01-16 — best price $4.502026-03-02 — best price $0.892026-03-13 — best price $9.992026-04-08 — best price $2.452026-05-14 — best price $2.212026-06-13 — best price $9.992026-07-13 — best price $8.592026-08-07 — best price $8.582026-08-27 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
86%
earned "But Did You Actually Read It?"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play Together

9 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,43212%26
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)6211%25
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGLootVoxelActionAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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