The Game Census
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Backwater Eulogy

Wurm Fud · 2024-08-26

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 26, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Musings on grief, moving on, and a life made and lived in the rural Midwest. Features a collection of lovingly hand-drawn panels and pixel art.

100%
positive of 64 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 109% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 46,231 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–2.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2026-10-01) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days · $1.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920242026Week of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.692024-08-262026-10-082024-08-26 — best price $1.492024-09-09 — best price $1.992024-10-11 — best price $1.492024-10-18 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $1.492024-12-04 — best price $1.992024-12-20 — best price $1.492025-01-16 — best price $1.992025-03-03 — best price $1.392025-03-10 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-05-01 — best price $0.992025-05-08 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-08-05 — best price $0.992025-08-19 — best price $1.992025-09-18 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-10-29 — best price $0.992025-11-12 — best price $1.992025-12-12 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-01-17 — best price $0.992026-01-31 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-04-26 — best price $0.992026-05-03 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $0.892026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-07-13 — best price $0.792026-07-20 — best price $1.992026-09-04 — best price $0.792026-09-14 — best price $1.992026-10-01 — best price $0.692026-10-08 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieCasualLinearNatureEmotionalRealisticHand-drawnSimulationText-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.