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Below the Stone

Strollart · Apogee Entertainment · 2023-11-17

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ActionAdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 17, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Below the Stone is an extraction roguelike about dwarves on the quest for the deepest depths. A place where each and every descent will lead to new adventures -- and where only the most determined dwarves with many lost lives will be rewarded by the hidden world lying below the stone.

Below the Stone is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Early Access game released in 2023, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 439 reviews).

2
playing now
85%
positive of 439 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (3 downloads)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Discover the lore of dwarves, the treasures they die for, and the secrets they rarely speak of. Within the stone below lies the adventure everyone seeks, but there's always a price. Often death.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (173 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.8k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 439 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.05-33%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at GOG (2026-06-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 78 of 97 observed days · $0.06 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14914920232026Week of 2023-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
942Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 94 · peak 249Dec 2023 — avg 28 · peak 74Jan 2024 — avg 18 · peak 46Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 28Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 16Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 9 · peak 32Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992023-11-172026-10-142023-11-17 — best price $17.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-06 — best price $19.992024-03-02 — best price $19.992024-04-11 — best price $15.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-06-19 — best price $15.992024-08-01 — best price $19.992024-09-02 — best price $15.992024-10-30 — best price $19.992024-11-26 — best price $15.992024-12-19 — best price $15.992025-01-24 — best price $15.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-04-16 — best price $19.992025-05-29 — best price $19.992025-07-18 — best price $19.992025-08-21 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $13.992025-10-20 — best price $13.992025-11-19 — best price $19.992026-01-14 — best price $13.992026-02-20 — best price $19.992026-04-03 — best price $19.992026-05-14 — best price $13.992026-06-14 — best price $19.992026-07-17 — best price $10.052026-08-24 — best price $10.052026-09-02 — best price $10.052026-09-08 — best price $10.052026-09-14 — best price $14.992026-09-20 — best price $10.052026-09-26 — best price $10.052026-10-02 — best price $10.052026-10-08 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $10.05
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

2
achievements tracked
0.1%
earned "Friendly Fry-er"
0.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)0—2

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

Player tags

DwarfActionMiningFantasyCraftingTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-liteExplorationUnderground

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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