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Balrum

Balcony Softworks · 2016-02-29

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 29, 2016 (Linux), Mar 01, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 29, 2016 (Mac)

Balrum is an old-school, turn-based, open world RPG with deep tactical combat. Explore a huge living fantasy world with dozens of side quests next to an epic main quest. Grow your own crops, build your home, and craft your own custom items.

2
playing now
79%
positive of 801 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

It's twenty years after your village fled the kingdom and took refuge in Darkwood. You always knew that these woods hold dark secrets but now you start to feel it's evil on your own skin. Horrible things are happening. You discover fragments of the woods dark history and come to the conclusion that you have to leave your home. You know in your heart that once you step out of the protection of the place where you grown up, nothing will be the same. You have to face a world that's in chaos. A world without laws. Nevertheless you feel something else too. You feel freedom. A completely new world a(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 801 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.75-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.75-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2020-03-02) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 33 of 59 observed days · $0.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.742016-03-012026-08-302016-03-01 — best price $13.492017-06-06 — best price $7.492018-04-03 — best price $14.992018-11-21 — best price $4.492019-07-10 — best price $14.992019-12-11 — best price $4.492020-03-09 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-12-16 — best price $3.742021-03-22 — best price $3.742021-10-27 — best price $3.742022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-04-04 — best price $14.992022-09-13 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $3.742023-03-20 — best price $3.742023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-02 — best price $14.992024-01-22 — best price $7.492024-04-04 — best price $3.742024-06-14 — best price $3.742024-08-19 — best price $14.992024-11-18 — best price $14.992025-01-24 — best price $3.742025-04-08 — best price $3.742025-06-18 — best price $3.742025-09-11 — best price $14.992025-10-20 — best price $14.992026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-03-17 — best price $3.752026-05-16 — best price $14.992026-07-15 — best price $3.752026-08-30 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9072%42

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

Player tags

2DRPGCRPGIndieFantasySandboxBuildingCraftingStrategySurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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