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Bellwright

Donkey Crew · 2024-04-23

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionRPGSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 09, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Jun 09, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.

2,087
playing now
80%
positive of 21k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
47
twitch viewers (latest)
75/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

2,087 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Framed for the murder of the Prince and sentenced to death by the Crown, you've been living in the shadows ever since. After barely dodging an attempt on your life, you find the assassin's contract that raises many questions - was it just misfortune that you were framed? Or is there more to it? Determined to find the answers, you journey back to the very place you escaped. Slowly but surely, you will lead a rebellion against your homeland's oppressive Sovereign to victory, uncovering the truth of your family's secret along the way. The bells shall ring for freedom once again! Establish and e(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,087 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,795 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~849/week).
  • · Review velocity up 172% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 424k–954k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,208 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $19.79 at Steam (2025-12-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.4k2.4k20242026Week of 2024-04-01: 1,889 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 596 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,360 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 665 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 738 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 502 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 387 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 958 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,064 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 306 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.3k1.0k2026-08-06 22:00 — 1,831 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1,162 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 2,265 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 2,152 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1,507 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 2,823 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 2,479 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1,715 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 3,297 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 2,243 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1,105 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2,200 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1,815 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1,164 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2,133 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 1,668 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1,069 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 2,430 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 2,606 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,070 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1,572 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 2,393 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,472 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 2,331 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 2,614 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,282 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,462 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 2,684 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 2,087 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$19.792024-04-232026-07-092024-04-23 — best price $26.992024-04-30 — best price $29.992024-05-31 — best price $26.992024-06-04 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $26.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-08-29 — best price $26.992024-09-05 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $26.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992024-12-20 — best price $26.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $26.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-04-21 — best price $26.992025-04-28 — best price $29.992025-06-05 — best price $23.992025-06-12 — best price $29.992025-06-27 — best price $23.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $23.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-12-03 — best price $19.792025-12-17 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $19.792026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-02-06 — best price $19.792026-02-20 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $19.792026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-20 — best price $19.792026-04-27 — best price $29.992026-06-11 — best price $19.792026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

8622026-08-26 19:15 — 23 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 33 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 72 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 47 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
88.8%
earned "Homecoming "
14.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime1 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,3360%41
PS5 (PlayStation)3860%42
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)1680%41

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

RPGCo-opActionBuildingCraftingLife SimMedievalStrategySurvivalOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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