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Bastion cover art

Bastion

Supergiant Games · 2011-08-16

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 26, 2012 (Mac), Jul 20, 2011 (Xbox 360), Aug 16, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 31, 2012 (Linux), Apr 07, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Sep 13, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.

Bastion is a 2011 Action, Indie and RPG game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 38190 reviews).

15
playing now
95%
positive of 38k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (755 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (109 downloads)
4.67★
PlayStation Store rating (11,152 ratings)
88/100
opencritic · mighty · 88% recommend · from 59 critics
9h
to beat · rushed 5.9h · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Bastion is a 2011 action role-playing video game developed by independent developer Supergiant Games and originally published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. In the game, the player controls "the Kid" as he moves through floating, fantasy-themed environments and fights enemies of various types. It features a dynamic voiceover from a narrator, and is presented as a two-dimensional game with an isometric camera and a hand-painted art style. Bastion's story follows the Kid as he collects special shards of rock to power a structure, the Bastion, in the wake of an apocalyptic Calamity.

Trailer

Bastion trailer thumbnail

Bastion - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 444 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~56/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 38,190 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$3.75-75%
GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.97 at Nuuvem (2014-11-28) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 40 of 68 observed days · $13.02 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30530520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4072026-09-14 20:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 16 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 16 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 25 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 20 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 37 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 31 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 26 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 28 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
95318Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 953 · peak 2,221Dec 2012 — avg 299 · peak 1,294May 2013 — avg 120 · peak 232Oct 2013 — avg 250 · peak 611Mar 2014 — avg 108 · peak 238Aug 2014 — avg 152 · peak 329Jan 2015 — avg 184 · peak 599Jun 2015 — avg 177 · peak 628Nov 2015 — avg 145 · peak 392Apr 2016 — avg 93 · peak 217Sep 2016 — avg 153 · peak 625Feb 2017 — avg 95 · peak 191Jul 2017 — avg 157 · peak 393Dec 2017 — avg 117 · peak 242May 2018 — avg 108 · peak 391Oct 2018 — avg 90 · peak 234Mar 2019 — avg 50 · peak 102Aug 2019 — avg 94 · peak 425Jan 2020 — avg 88 · peak 200Jun 2020 — avg 57 · peak 138Nov 2020 — avg 83 · peak 188Apr 2021 — avg 41 · peak 83Sep 2021 — avg 36 · peak 74Feb 2022 — avg 37 · peak 73Jul 2022 — avg 40 · peak 76Dec 2022 — avg 44 · peak 94May 2023 — avg 36 · peak 92Oct 2023 — avg 26 · peak 59Mar 2024 — avg 29 · peak 69Aug 2024 — avg 23 · peak 53Jan 2025 — avg 28 · peak 65Jun 2025 — avg 21 · peak 63Nov 2025 — avg 22 · peak 43Apr 2026 — avg 26 · peak 60Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 46
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.242015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.682015-02-26 — best price $17.872015-04-24 — best price $3.742015-06-05 — best price $14.992015-07-26 — best price $3.742015-10-13 — best price $14.992015-11-27 — best price $3.742016-02-05 — best price $3.742016-03-31 — best price $3.742016-05-14 — best price $14.992016-07-20 — best price $2.992016-10-06 — best price $3.742016-12-12 — best price $3.002017-02-20 — best price $3.752017-04-20 — best price $2.462017-06-28 — best price $2.852017-08-22 — best price $14.992017-11-20 — best price $3.742018-01-03 — best price $14.992018-02-24 — best price $12.992018-04-30 — best price $14.992018-07-06 — best price $3.642018-08-23 — best price $3.002018-09-19 — best price $3.672018-11-28 — best price $2.992019-03-19 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $3.742020-06-25 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992022-04-19 — best price $14.992023-04-27 — best price $14.992024-01-25 — best price $3.742024-12-19 — best price $2.992026-01-23 — best price $3.742026-09-03 — best price $3.752026-09-23 — best price $14.992026-10-13 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3571442026-05-30 — 175 pageviews2026-06-03 — 182 pageviews2026-06-07 — 151 pageviews2026-06-11 — 152 pageviews2026-06-15 — 183 pageviews2026-06-19 — 152 pageviews2026-06-23 — 183 pageviews2026-06-27 — 231 pageviews2026-07-01 — 178 pageviews2026-07-05 — 171 pageviews2026-07-09 — 176 pageviews2026-07-13 — 188 pageviews2026-07-17 — 168 pageviews2026-07-21 — 357 pageviews2026-07-25 — 208 pageviews2026-07-29 — 188 pageviews2026-08-02 — 181 pageviews2026-08-06 — 216 pageviews2026-08-10 — 195 pageviews2026-08-14 — 209 pageviews2026-08-18 — 237 pageviews2026-08-22 — 209 pageviews2026-08-26 — 232 pageviews2026-08-30 — 239 pageviews2026-09-03 — 204 pageviews2026-09-07 — 173 pageviews2026-09-11 — 183 pageviews2026-09-15 — 198 pageviews2026-09-19 — 203 pageviews2026-09-23 — 194 pageviews2026-09-27 — 238 pageviews2026-10-01 — 205 pageviews2026-10-05 — 208 pageviews2026-10-08 — 194 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
83.5%
earned "The Stranger"
5.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2011-08-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)87,5345%24
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)21,51321%23
Xbox 360 (Xbox)18,78924%12
Xbox One (Xbox)4,0879%22
Switch (Nintendo)4590%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGIndieActionFantasyColorfulAdventureIsometricNarrationAction RPGStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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