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Ash of Gods: The Way

AurumDust · 2023-04-27

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IndieStrategy

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

Releases: Apr 27, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 27, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.

Ash of Gods: The Way is an Indie Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 506 reviews).

0
playing now
80%
positive of 506 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
95/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (122 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 506 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GameBillet$4.07-84%
IndieGala$4.09-84%
GOG$4.99-80%
Humble Store$4.99-80%
Steam$4.99-80%
WinGameStore$4.99-80%
GOG$4.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.12 at Fanatical (2026-09-14) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $26.07 · on sale 152 of 189 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10810820232026Week of 2023-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$25.02$0.002023-04-142026-10-142023-04-14 — best price $22.452023-05-29 — best price $21.762023-07-17 — best price $21.242023-09-17 — best price $24.992023-11-15 — best price $24.992023-12-22 — best price $17.252024-02-09 — best price $18.742024-03-23 — best price $18.492024-04-30 — best price $17.492024-06-02 — best price $24.992024-06-24 — best price $24.992024-08-01 — best price $12.492024-08-20 — best price $11.982024-09-23 — best price $11.242024-10-17 — best price $10.792024-11-11 — best price $24.992024-12-07 — best price $10.002025-01-09 — best price $24.992025-02-08 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-04-18 — best price $8.692025-05-28 — best price $9.992025-06-28 — best price $6.542025-08-09 — best price $24.992025-09-15 — best price $8.742025-10-14 — best price $8.742025-11-21 — best price $6.742026-01-06 — best price $18.362026-02-09 — best price $7.492026-03-09 — best price $7.122026-04-20 — best price $7.492026-05-18 — best price $6.242026-06-15 — best price $24.992026-07-22 — best price $24.992026-08-19 — best price $4.992026-09-05 — best price $6.242026-09-20 — best price $4.992026-10-05 — best price $4.072026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
69.5%
earned "First success"
10.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on Phone3 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Korean…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2023-04-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2491%49
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2DPvETacticalCard GameDifficultIsometricHand-drawnStory RichCard BattlerDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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