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Anachronox cover art

Anachronox

Ion Storm · Square Enix · 2013-10-17

SteamGOG

RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 27, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Join Sylvester "Sly" Boots and Stiletto Anyway as they trek across six bizarre planets investigating a galaxy-crushing mystery, searching for artefacts from an extinct alien race and unlocking the secrets of a powerful, advanced technology. It's your turn. PICK YOUR POISON.

3
playing now
75%
positive of 637 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
29h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 45h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Anachronox is a 2001 role-playing video game produced by Tom Hall and the Dallas Ion Storm games studio. The game is centered on Sylvester "Sly Boots" Bucelli, a down-and-out private investigator who looks for work in the slums of Anachronox, a once-abandoned planet near the galaxy's jumpgate hub. He travels to other planets, amasses an unlikely group of friends, and unravels a mystery that threatens the fate of the universe. The game's science fiction story was influenced by cyberpunk, film noir, and unconventional humor. The story features a theme of working through the troubles of one's past.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 6,201 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 637 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$0.97-86%
GreenManGaming$0.98-86%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.98-86%
GOG$0.99-86%
GOG$0.99-86%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at GOG (2019-11-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 51 of 75 observed days · $0.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-06 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.832015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-03-17 — best price $1.742015-06-03 — best price $6.492015-09-12 — best price $1.752016-02-12 — best price $6.992016-07-04 — best price $6.992016-12-12 — best price $5.992017-05-22 — best price $6.992017-11-02 — best price $6.992018-02-21 — best price $5.992018-08-06 — best price $0.972019-01-21 — best price $6.992019-04-30 — best price $6.992019-11-01 — best price $6.992020-01-31 — best price $6.992020-05-27 — best price $0.972020-09-14 — best price $6.992021-01-04 — best price $6.992021-04-05 — best price $6.992021-10-28 — best price $0.972022-03-12 — best price $0.982022-07-12 — best price $0.982023-01-05 — best price $6.992023-08-21 — best price $0.982024-01-06 — best price $6.992024-06-19 — best price $0.972024-11-12 — best price $0.972025-03-27 — best price $6.992025-08-05 — best price $0.972025-12-03 — best price $6.992026-03-31 — best price $6.992026-08-08 — best price $0.972026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

294512026-05-26 — 71 pageviews2026-05-29 — 70 pageviews2026-06-01 — 88 pageviews2026-06-04 — 64 pageviews2026-06-07 — 89 pageviews2026-06-10 — 77 pageviews2026-06-13 — 70 pageviews2026-06-16 — 74 pageviews2026-06-19 — 78 pageviews2026-06-22 — 95 pageviews2026-06-25 — 123 pageviews2026-06-28 — 211 pageviews2026-07-01 — 113 pageviews2026-07-04 — 102 pageviews2026-07-07 — 149 pageviews2026-07-10 — 135 pageviews2026-07-13 — 86 pageviews2026-07-16 — 108 pageviews2026-07-19 — 86 pageviews2026-07-22 — 88 pageviews2026-07-25 — 90 pageviews2026-07-28 — 67 pageviews2026-07-31 — 79 pageviews2026-08-03 — 78 pageviews2026-08-06 — 99 pageviews2026-08-09 — 138 pageviews2026-08-12 — 103 pageviews2026-08-15 — 91 pageviews2026-08-18 — 143 pageviews2026-08-21 — 85 pageviews2026-08-23 — 122 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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Player tags

RPGJRPGFunnyComedySci-fiClassicAdventureCyberpunkStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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