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Ballads and Romances

Astrolabe Stories · 2022-12-21

Steam

IndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Dec 21, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Investigate the origins of the literary debut of Adam Mickiewicz, a XIX century-famous Polish poet. In an immersive visual novel, discover the secret of his love, friendship, and artistic inspirations!

80%
positive of 54 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 34,871 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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111120222026Week of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Polish, French

Player tags

2DIndieCasualLinearColorfulEducationNarrationHand-drawnExplorationConversation

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