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Bastard cover art

Bastard

Aterdux Entertainment · 2018-05-14

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 14, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Are you used to being a noble knight in shining armor who protects the weak and punishes the evil ones? Sure, you might answer, everybody wants to see oneself as one - especially in a game. But did you consider which price you would have to pay for it in your real life?

Bastard is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $2.24, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 175 reviews).

4
playing now
59%
positive of 175 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.24
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.4k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 175 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.69-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.34 at GamersGate (2021-10-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 65 of 94 observed days · $1.35 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
90May 2018Jun 2023May 2018 — avg 9 · peak 54Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 26Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 9Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 9May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jun 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$8.99$1.682018-05-142026-10-142018-05-14 — best price $8.092018-10-15 — best price $8.992019-02-04 — best price $4.492019-06-07 — best price $8.992019-10-28 — best price $4.492019-12-11 — best price $4.492020-02-10 — best price $8.992020-06-15 — best price $8.992020-12-01 — best price $8.992021-02-10 — best price $2.692021-06-28 — best price $8.992021-11-24 — best price $2.692022-01-31 — best price $8.992022-06-06 — best price $2.692022-09-09 — best price $2.242022-12-12 — best price $2.242023-03-07 — best price $1.682023-06-05 — best price $8.992023-12-04 — best price $1.692024-02-27 — best price $1.692024-04-26 — best price $8.992024-07-18 — best price $1.692024-11-25 — best price $8.992025-02-05 — best price $8.992025-05-10 — best price $8.992025-08-07 — best price $2.692025-11-13 — best price $2.692026-02-20 — best price $8.992026-05-01 — best price $2.692026-09-01 — best price $2.692026-09-16 — best price $2.692026-10-01 — best price $2.692026-10-14 — best price $2.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
38.7%
earned "Bride salesman"
22.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Player tags

3DRPGMedievalStrategyTacticalAdventureTurn-BasedSingleplayerStrategy RPGTactical RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.