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Children of Zodiarcs

Cardboard Utopia · Square Enix · 2017-07-18

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IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 27, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 18, 2017 (Mac), Jul 18, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jul 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 27, 2020 (Xbox One)

A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.

Children of Zodiarcs is a 2017 Indie, RPG, and Strategy title priced at $17.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 533 reviews).

1
playing now
71%
positive of 533 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.35★
PlayStation Store rating (338 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

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

At the heart of an evil empire, a group of young outsiders rebel against the corrupt system that holds them down. Professional thieves on the trail of an ancient relic, the group infiltrates the glittering halls of a corrupt noble’s private chambers in pursuit of their target, narrowly escaping the wrath of the city guards at every turn. Desperate to find an escape, they seek refuge in the city’s seamy slums and brave the sunless pits of the underworld. Out to get them are heavily armed city guards, rival gangs and psychotic families of subterranean cannibals. Abandoned by the system and used(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (89 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 533 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.99
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.32 at GreenManGaming (2021-11-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 18 of 81 observed days · $13.67 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
656520172026Week of 2017-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
650Apr 2016Oct 2023Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 15Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2017 — avg 65 · peak 438Sep 2017 — avg 11 · peak 27Nov 2017 — avg 6 · peak 24Jan 2018 — avg 6 · peak 25Mar 2018 — avg 4 · peak 17May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 15Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2019 — avg 7 · peak 22May 2019 — avg 6 · peak 22Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2019 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2020 — avg 8 · peak 29May 2020 — avg 9 · peak 25Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$4.322017-07-182026-10-142017-07-18 — best price $16.192017-12-21 — best price $12.592018-05-10 — best price $17.992018-08-29 — best price $17.992019-01-04 — best price $17.992019-04-04 — best price $8.102019-09-24 — best price $7.192020-01-09 — best price $7.192020-04-23 — best price $5.402020-08-04 — best price $17.992020-12-16 — best price $5.392021-03-02 — best price $4.432021-05-27 — best price $17.992021-09-20 — best price $5.392021-12-01 — best price $17.992022-03-22 — best price $5.392022-06-06 — best price $4.492022-08-22 — best price $5.392023-01-05 — best price $17.992023-03-27 — best price $17.992023-08-22 — best price $17.992023-12-05 — best price $4.492024-02-20 — best price $17.992024-05-28 — best price $4.492024-08-27 — best price $5.392024-12-04 — best price $4.492025-03-28 — best price $17.992025-07-12 — best price $17.992025-10-06 — best price $17.992026-01-05 — best price $17.992026-05-28 — best price $17.992026-09-05 — best price $17.992026-09-20 — best price $17.992026-10-05 — best price $17.992026-10-14 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
75.7%
earned "Child's play"
10.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3901%40
PS4 (PlayStation)57710%41
PS4 (PlayStation)37714%41
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)2683%40
Switch (Nintendo)80%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGIndieStrategyCard GameBoard GameStory RichTurn-BasedCard BattlerDeckbuilding

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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