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Children of Morta cover art

Children of Morta

Dead Mage · 11 bit studios · 2019-09-03

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 07, 2024 (iOS), Oct 07, 2024 (Android), Sep 03, 2019 (Linux), Sep 03, 2019 (Mac), Nov 19, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 03, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

109
playing now
88%
positive of 23k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (145 ratings)
19h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 26h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$21.99
steam price (US)

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

Children of Morta is an action role-playing video game with roguelike elements, released in September 2019. Developed by studio Dead Mage, it follows the story of the Bergson family, custodians of Mount Morta, who must defend it from an evil called the Corruption.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 109 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 905 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~113/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 578k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,105 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$2.61-88%
Fanatical$2.63-88%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.97-86%
GOG$3.29-85%
Humble Store$3.29-85%
IndieGala$3.29-85%
GOG$3.29-85%
GamersGate$3.30-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.32 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $21.99 · on sale 156 of 205 observed days · $0.31 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20162026Week of 2019-09-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 972 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

192612026-08-06 21:00 — 137 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 75 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 128 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 116 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 96 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 146 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 173 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 110 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 148 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 152 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 79 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 110 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 134 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 67 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 116 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 105 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 65 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 133 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 192 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 73 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 97 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 144 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 93 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 114 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 113 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 90 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 65 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 86 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 109 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$21.99$0.002019-06-192026-08-302019-06-19 — best price $19.792019-12-19 — best price $14.832020-03-20 — best price $12.172020-06-13 — best price $13.192020-08-12 — best price $21.992020-10-21 — best price $21.992021-01-01 — best price $9.892021-02-27 — best price $21.992021-05-03 — best price $10.992021-07-26 — best price $21.992021-09-29 — best price $21.992021-11-26 — best price $8.792022-02-11 — best price $15.772022-04-30 — best price $21.992022-07-27 — best price $15.772022-10-24 — best price $5.982023-01-05 — best price $21.992023-03-25 — best price $19.792023-06-01 — best price $5.932023-08-07 — best price $4.392023-11-02 — best price $4.942024-01-07 — best price $21.992024-03-02 — best price $21.992024-05-16 — best price $21.992024-07-31 — best price $21.992024-10-09 — best price $21.992025-01-01 — best price $21.992025-03-15 — best price $3.442025-06-05 — best price $4.392025-08-14 — best price $3.292025-10-07 — best price $2.962025-12-02 — best price $15.772026-02-09 — best price $2.632026-05-07 — best price $2.342026-07-11 — best price $3.062026-08-24 — best price $2.602026-08-30 — best price $3.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

90352026-05-30 — 52 pageviews2026-06-02 — 81 pageviews2026-06-05 — 40 pageviews2026-06-08 — 53 pageviews2026-06-11 — 56 pageviews2026-06-14 — 49 pageviews2026-06-17 — 40 pageviews2026-06-20 — 39 pageviews2026-06-23 — 58 pageviews2026-06-26 — 51 pageviews2026-06-29 — 90 pageviews2026-07-02 — 47 pageviews2026-07-05 — 67 pageviews2026-07-08 — 62 pageviews2026-07-11 — 53 pageviews2026-07-14 — 65 pageviews2026-07-17 — 53 pageviews2026-07-20 — 57 pageviews2026-07-23 — 66 pageviews2026-07-26 — 65 pageviews2026-07-29 — 44 pageviews2026-08-01 — 43 pageviews2026-08-04 — 64 pageviews2026-08-07 — 41 pageviews2026-08-10 — 45 pageviews2026-08-13 — 50 pageviews2026-08-16 — 74 pageviews2026-08-19 — 47 pageviews2026-08-22 — 62 pageviews2026-08-25 — 66 pageviews2026-08-27 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
85.9%
earned "It Has Begun"
24%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStats3 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)29,8226%45
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)15,9927%45
PS4 (PlayStation)10,50220%46
Switch (Nintendo)3500%0
PS4 (PlayStation)33923%46
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

RPGCo-opActionAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichLocal Co-OpMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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