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An Ankou cover art

An Ankou

Alkemi · PID Games · 2023-08-17

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
68%
positive of 617 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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 42% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 617 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.24 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 22 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

202026-08-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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