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Ashen

A44 · Annapurna Interactive · 2019-12-09

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 07, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 09, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Dec 07, 2018 (Xbox One), Dec 09, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Ashen is an action RPG about a wanderer in search of a place to call home.

12
playing now
67%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Ashen is an action role-playing game developed by New Zealand studio A44 and published by Annapurna Interactive.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 142 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 96k–231k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,852 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.09-81%
IndieGala$6.29-84%
Gamesplanet$7.59-81%
GOG$7.99-80%
Humble Store$7.99-80%
Steam$7.99-80%
GOG$7.99-80%
GameBillet$8.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.25 at GameBillet (2026-02-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 111 of 139 observed days · $0.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27127120192026Week of 2019-12-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-08-12 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$5.492018-12-082026-08-302018-12-08 — best price $39.992020-04-16 — best price $39.992020-12-01 — best price $39.992021-06-28 — best price $39.992021-11-27 — best price $10.002022-01-09 — best price $34.982022-03-08 — best price $39.992022-04-25 — best price $30.652022-06-08 — best price $9.372022-08-15 — best price $9.992022-10-03 — best price $39.992022-12-04 — best price $31.882023-01-31 — best price $39.992023-03-27 — best price $8.712023-05-22 — best price $8.892023-07-21 — best price $10.202023-09-07 — best price $30.592023-11-02 — best price $9.992024-01-05 — best price $30.652024-02-20 — best price $9.092024-03-25 — best price $10.442024-04-27 — best price $11.602024-06-09 — best price $39.992024-07-29 — best price $39.992024-10-28 — best price $9.992025-01-23 — best price $9.992025-04-11 — best price $39.992025-06-28 — best price $10.002025-09-07 — best price $28.792025-11-20 — best price $7.992026-02-16 — best price $10.002026-04-02 — best price $31.882026-05-21 — best price $6.252026-07-11 — best price $31.232026-08-14 — best price $31.272026-08-30 — best price $6.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

85192026-05-31 — 60 pageviews2026-06-03 — 85 pageviews2026-06-06 — 60 pageviews2026-06-09 — 49 pageviews2026-06-12 — 35 pageviews2026-06-15 — 65 pageviews2026-06-18 — 40 pageviews2026-06-21 — 45 pageviews2026-06-24 — 46 pageviews2026-06-27 — 30 pageviews2026-06-30 — 31 pageviews2026-07-03 — 39 pageviews2026-07-06 — 36 pageviews2026-07-09 — 43 pageviews2026-07-12 — 39 pageviews2026-07-15 — 36 pageviews2026-07-18 — 43 pageviews2026-07-21 — 31 pageviews2026-07-24 — 19 pageviews2026-07-27 — 33 pageviews2026-07-30 — 33 pageviews2026-08-02 — 41 pageviews2026-08-05 — 53 pageviews2026-08-08 — 69 pageviews2026-08-11 — 53 pageviews2026-08-14 — 46 pageviews2026-08-17 — 56 pageviews2026-08-20 — 60 pageviews2026-08-23 — 71 pageviews2026-08-26 — 48 pageviews2026-08-28 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
75.5%
earned "Vagrant's Rest"
17.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TV2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)18,8351%34
PS4 (PlayStation)5,3153%35
PS4 (PlayStation)4,3253%35
Steam (Steam)3,0294%34
Switch (Nintendo)1280%0

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

Player tags

RPGIndieActionFantasyAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldSouls-likeAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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