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An Ankou

Alkemi · PID Games · 2023-08-17

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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

Death is not the end. You’ve been chosen as the Ankou, a servant of Death who aids lost souls using the tools of your old trade. Roam haunted lands to find resources, craft weapons, and slay hordes of demons in this action-exploration roguelike.

An Ankou is an Action, Indie, Early Access game released in 2023, priced at $4.99, with Mixed reviews (67% of 618 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

0
playing now
67%
positive of 618 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (131 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 618 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-08-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12312320232026Week of 2023-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
583Aug 2023Jun 2025Aug 2023 — avg 58 · peak 162Sep 2023 — avg 40 · peak 201Oct 2023 — avg 23 · peak 73Nov 2023 — avg 22 · peak 59Dec 2023 — avg 14 · peak 44Jan 2024 — avg 14 · peak 40Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 28Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 59Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 25May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 24Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2025 — avg 14 · peak 90Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7

▼ −11 avg players (−82.0%) vs prior month — Jun 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$3.242023-08-172026-07-282023-08-17 — best price $4.492023-11-06 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-01-15 — best price $3.992024-02-26 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $3.992024-04-05 — best price $3.992024-05-13 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-07-15 — best price $3.742024-09-02 — best price $3.992024-10-21 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-05 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-01-18 — best price $3.992025-03-03 — best price $3.992025-04-12 — best price $3.992025-06-02 — best price $3.742025-06-27 — best price $3.742025-07-16 — best price $3.742025-08-29 — best price $3.492025-09-29 — best price $3.492025-10-13 — best price $3.492025-12-04 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-02-02 — best price $4.992026-03-18 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-05-01 — best price $4.992026-06-14 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-28 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
69.7%
earned "The Apothecary"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5580%24

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

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeCraftingSurvivalTop-DownRogue-likeBullet HellExplorationDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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