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Anvil Saga

Pirozhok Studio · HeroCraft PC · 2023-11-16

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 22, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 26, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.

Anvil Saga is an Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (70% of 1830 reviews).

7
playing now
70%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (18 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Build the smithy of your dreams: Construct new rooms and underground facilities in order to expand your smithy and take on the more challenging orders. From a simple workshop to living quarters, to a gym or a library – each room needs to be outfitted with the appropriate furniture and décor.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (333 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–82k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,830 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$13.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.00 at Dreamgame (2026-04-07) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 192 of 237 observed days · $10.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24824820222026Week of 2022-06-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-09-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2055Jun 2022Aug 2026Jun 2022 — avg 205 · peak 561Aug 2022 — avg 22 · peak 63Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2022 — avg 16 · peak 35Feb 2023 — avg 43 · peak 436Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 24Jun 2023 — avg 12 · peak 48Aug 2023 — avg 10 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 59Dec 2023 — avg 45 · peak 126Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24Apr 2024 — avg 16 · peak 37Jun 2024 — avg 17 · peak 67Aug 2024 — avg 16 · peak 46Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 27Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 34Feb 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Aug 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 27Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002021-03-272026-10-142021-03-27 — best price $0.002022-11-16 — best price $12.592023-01-06 — best price $12.592023-02-22 — best price $12.592023-05-15 — best price $11.332023-08-07 — best price $9.372023-10-08 — best price $13.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-14 — best price $19.992024-03-07 — best price $19.992024-04-11 — best price $15.992024-05-19 — best price $14.692024-06-28 — best price $15.792024-08-06 — best price $19.992024-09-17 — best price $19.992024-10-23 — best price $13.492024-12-11 — best price $12.492025-01-31 — best price $15.992025-03-27 — best price $15.792025-04-30 — best price $11.992025-06-10 — best price $14.992025-07-17 — best price $11.992025-08-16 — best price $16.572025-09-18 — best price $14.992025-10-23 — best price $14.992025-11-18 — best price $14.692025-12-22 — best price $15.112026-01-18 — best price $14.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-04-11 — best price $14.692026-05-15 — best price $13.892026-06-15 — best price $15.112026-07-20 — best price $19.992026-08-18 — best price $10.492026-09-11 — best price $13.992026-10-01 — best price $13.992026-10-14 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
60.6%
earned "Forge Revival"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-11-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2771%36
Switch (Nintendo)20%0
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)0—36

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

Player tags

RPGIndieEconomyFantasyBuildingCraftingMedievalColony SimManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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