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Archaeogem cover art

Archaeogem

Gagonfe · 2024-05-17

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hats up and whips out; the wilderness' mysteries await! Explore lush biomes, use your trusty whip to extract wild flowers' mystic powers, and collect rare gems in this dynamic precision-platformer. Unearth archaeological marvels and become a legend!

86%
positive of 281 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

Your mission to expand human knowledge about these archaic and powerful artifacts will take you on a world-wide journey! From the depths of a rainforest, to the ancient ruins of a lost civilization, explore a diverse set of unique biomes, and the challenges that come with each of them.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 15,358 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.6k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 281 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.59 at Fanatical (2026-06-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820242026Week of 2024-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

13
achievements tracked
89.7%
earned "The Adventure Begins"
18.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)39719%13

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

Player tags

CuteActionNatureAdventureDifficultPlatformerAtmosphericExplorationCollectathonSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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