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Archons

BulletHell Studios · 2024-12-06

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

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

Releases: Dec 06, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Archons is a Roguelite/Survivor game where you control two characters, the Archons- simultaneously! Customize your build and abilities to fit your own unique playstyle and blast your way through enemy parasites and bosses!

Archons is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2024, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 413 reviews).

92%
positive of 437 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (82 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.7k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 437 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
808020242026Week of 2024-12-06: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-13: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-20: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992024-12-062026-08-282024-12-06 — best price $7.492025-02-10 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-03-24 — best price $7.492025-05-01 — best price $7.492025-06-03 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $6.992025-07-14 — best price $5.992025-08-25 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-10-20 — best price $1.992025-12-01 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-01-31 — best price $2.492026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-03-30 — best price $2.492026-05-06 — best price $4.992026-06-08 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-15 — best price $0.992026-08-21 — best price $0.992026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
36%
earned "Full stack"
13.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Hungarian, Korean…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-06-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1955%18

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

Player tags

RPGActionCombatAdventureDifficultIsometricControllerRogue-likeRogue-liteAtmospheric

Census log

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

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