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ANVIL

ACTION SQUARE · 2023-07-26

SteamEpic Games Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 01, 2021 (Xbox One), Dec 01, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 02, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take on the role of a Vault Breaker in search of alien artifacts called “Vaults” and fight against monsters and powerful bosses. You can strengthen your Breakers to explore far-away galaxies that no one has ever reached!

ANVIL is an Action game released in 2023, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners, priced at $24.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 2196 reviews).

0
playing now
61%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,349 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 44k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,196 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $17.49 at Steam (2023-09-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
89489420212026Week of 2021-12-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 455 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7761Dec 2021May 2024Dec 2021 — avg 776 · peak 3,068Jan 2022 — avg 155 · peak 399Feb 2022 — avg 73 · peak 202Mar 2022 — avg 34 · peak 268Apr 2022 — avg 66 · peak 235May 2022 — avg 33 · peak 85Jun 2022 — avg 53 · peak 256Jul 2022 — avg 42 · peak 115Aug 2022 — avg 28 · peak 74Sep 2022 — avg 27 · peak 82Oct 2022 — avg 15 · peak 39Nov 2022 — avg 23 · peak 85Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 43Jan 2023 — avg 13 · peak 30Feb 2023 — avg 9 · peak 22Mar 2023 — avg 9 · peak 24Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 26May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 25Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2023 — avg 20 · peak 101Aug 2023 — avg 21 · peak 75Sep 2023 — avg 12 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 26Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 20Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5

▼ −1 avg players (−36.0%) vs prior month — May 2024

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

Price history

$24.99$17.492021-11-162023-10-022021-11-16 — best price $24.992021-11-22 — best price $22.492021-11-24 — best price $22.492021-12-02 — best price $22.492021-12-03 — best price $22.492021-12-08 — best price $24.992021-12-09 — best price $24.992021-12-10 — best price $24.992022-01-27 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-02-15 — best price $24.992022-05-02 — best price $19.992022-05-09 — best price $24.992022-05-15 — best price $24.992022-05-17 — best price $22.492022-05-23 — best price $24.992022-05-26 — best price $22.492022-06-23 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-08-06 — best price $19.992022-08-13 — best price $24.992022-09-19 — best price $19.992022-09-26 — best price $24.992022-11-08 — best price $19.992022-11-15 — best price $24.992022-11-16 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-03-16 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-06-29 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-07-27 — best price $18.742023-08-02 — best price $24.992023-09-20 — best price $17.492023-10-02 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
20.5%
earned "Anvil Start"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1893%61

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opActionSci-fiShooterTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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