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Boneraiser Minions

caiys · caiysware · 2023-03-09

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 09, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!

10
playing now
96%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 116 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (899 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 107k–241k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,349 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.59 at Steam (2022-08-05) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
87887820222026Week of 2022-08-01: 624 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 878 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2242026-08-07 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.592022-08-052026-07-272022-08-05 — best price $1.592022-09-19 — best price $1.592022-09-27 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $3.992022-12-23 — best price $3.992023-03-09 — best price $3.992023-05-01 — best price $4.242023-06-12 — best price $4.242023-06-30 — best price $3.742023-08-14 — best price $3.992023-09-25 — best price $4.242023-11-06 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-02-11 — best price $3.992024-03-16 — best price $3.992024-04-01 — best price $3.992024-05-20 — best price $3.742024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-09-16 — best price $3.742024-10-28 — best price $3.742024-11-27 — best price $3.742024-12-09 — best price $3.742024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-03-13 — best price $3.742025-03-31 — best price $3.742025-05-12 — best price $3.742025-06-26 — best price $3.242025-07-14 — best price $3.742025-08-25 — best price $3.742025-09-29 — best price $3.742025-10-27 — best price $3.242025-12-04 — best price $3.242025-12-18 — best price $3.242026-02-16 — best price $3.242026-03-19 — best price $3.242026-04-20 — best price $3.242026-06-08 — best price $3.242026-06-25 — best price $3.242026-07-21 — best price $3.242026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
97.6%
earned "Thy First Boner"
43%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,5241%202

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieRetroActionArcadeCasualVampireControllerRogue-like

Census log

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

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