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Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2020-01-14

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RPG

Franchise: Atelier · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 14, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 25, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

"The promise begins." The "Dusk" series, a trilogy of RPG titles from Gust's popular Atelier series, tells the story of a world on the verge ruin, told from the perspective of its unique characters. The 1st title in the series "Atelier Ayesha" is now available as a deluxe version.

Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX is an RPG game released in 2020 for $39.99, with Very Positive (92% of 559 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

9
playing now
92%
positive of 562 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
4.79★
PlayStation Store rating (425 ratings)
23h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

The Dusk has fallen upon this world many times, yet people have managed to survive and reclaim a meager livelihood thus far. In a secluded atelier (workshop), there lives a girl making her living by making medicine. Her name is Ayesha Altugle. Several years after her grandfather passed away, her younger sister, Nio, went missing after asking her to gather alone in the Herb Garden behind their Atelier. Despite efforts of finding Nio, she's now presumed dead, with a gravestone placed on where she's last seen. Ayesha now lives a solitary life with only her pet cow to call family. Memories of (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 13,969 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 562 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.79 at Newegg (2026-02-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420202026Week of 2020-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2652026-09-15 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 26 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 17 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 18 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
926Jan 2020Aug 2026Jan 2020 — avg 92 · peak 217Apr 2020 — avg 16 · peak 48Jul 2020 — avg 24 · peak 67Oct 2020 — avg 9 · peak 24Jan 2021 — avg 10 · peak 24Apr 2021 — avg 17 · peak 87Jul 2021 — avg 7 · peak 26Oct 2021 — avg 20 · peak 67Jan 2022 — avg 9 · peak 24Apr 2022 — avg 9 · peak 50Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 23Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Apr 2023 — avg 13 · peak 34Jul 2023 — avg 17 · peak 40Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 62Jan 2024 — avg 14 · peak 36Apr 2024 — avg 9 · peak 28Jul 2024 — avg 10 · peak 34Oct 2024 — avg 18 · peak 50Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 36Jul 2025 — avg 16 · peak 36Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 39Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 31Jul 2026 — avg 14 · peak 41Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$13.792020-01-142026-08-102020-01-14 — best price $35.992020-01-17 — best price $35.992020-01-20 — best price $35.992020-03-09 — best price $39.992020-07-09 — best price $39.992021-04-22 — best price $29.992021-04-27 — best price $39.992022-04-27 — best price $27.992023-02-28 — best price $39.992023-06-26 — best price $25.992023-09-26 — best price $21.992023-11-21 — best price $25.992023-12-21 — best price $25.992024-02-06 — best price $25.992024-04-25 — best price $25.992024-07-22 — best price $19.992024-10-07 — best price $39.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992025-02-10 — best price $19.992025-05-08 — best price $39.992025-06-26 — best price $13.992025-09-15 — best price $14.492025-12-01 — best price $39.992026-01-06 — best price $39.992026-02-23 — best price $39.992026-04-23 — best price $13.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-08-10 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
89.8%
earned "What were you doing?"
22%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsGamepad RecommendedPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)81712%41
PS4 (PlayStation)79731%41
Switch (Nintendo)550%0

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

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeCasualFantasyColorfulCraftingLore-RichSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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