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Chirax's Fortress cover art

Chirax's Fortress

Dreamcube · 2025-08-31

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 31, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play as a hydra in this classic-inspired 16-bit 2D platformer with Super-FX-style 3D visuals!

98%
positive of 51 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 73% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 51 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-04-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720252026Week of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$2.992025-09-012026-07-232025-09-01 — best price $10.792025-09-07 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $8.992026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-01-15 — best price $5.992026-01-22 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-04-21 — best price $2.992026-04-27 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-07-23 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportColor AlternativesGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only OptionSave AnytimeFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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