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Chrono Ark

Al Fine · 2024-05-02

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 03, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Chrono Ark is a singleplayer roguelike that combines elements from deckbuilders and party-based RPGs. Recruit, train, and build a team of unique Investigators to restore the Twisted World!

Chrono Ark is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 13755 reviews).

291
playing now
91%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6
twitch viewers (latest)
6.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
67/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (139 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

291 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Chrono Ark trailer thumbnail

Chrono Ark - Offical Release Trailer

≈247,475 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 291 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 809 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~101/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 276k–622k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,817 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.89 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20192026Week of 2019-12-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,469 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

406782026-09-15 13:00 — 273 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 92 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 157 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 268 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 111 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 154 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 186 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 95 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 140 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 235 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 140 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 78 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 132 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 275 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 144 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 274 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 402 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 108 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 221 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 406 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 131 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 202 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 291 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.4k36Dec 2019Aug 2026Dec 2019 — avg 125 · peak 247Mar 2020 — avg 36 · peak 123Jun 2020 — avg 232 · peak 1,153Sep 2020 — avg 53 · peak 132Dec 2020 — avg 111 · peak 313Mar 2021 — avg 155 · peak 483Jun 2021 — avg 90 · peak 299Sep 2021 — avg 104 · peak 260Dec 2021 — avg 76 · peak 174Mar 2022 — avg 165 · peak 435Jun 2022 — avg 123 · peak 302Sep 2022 — avg 199 · peak 522Dec 2022 — avg 147 · peak 697Mar 2023 — avg 367 · peak 914Jun 2023 — avg 142 · peak 298Sep 2023 — avg 208 · peak 651Dec 2023 — avg 350 · peak 874Mar 2024 — avg 287 · peak 2,853Jun 2024 — avg 769 · peak 1,925Sep 2024 — avg 474 · peak 1,192Dec 2024 — avg 557 · peak 1,450Mar 2025 — avg 337 · peak 840Jun 2025 — avg 250 · peak 594Sep 2025 — avg 212 · peak 468Dec 2025 — avg 238 · peak 594Mar 2026 — avg 163 · peak 341Jun 2026 — avg 181 · peak 430Aug 2026 — avg 150 · peak 286
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
33332026-10-032026-10-142026-10-03: 33 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 3 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 6 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$11.892019-12-202026-07-092019-12-20 — best price $16.992020-02-24 — best price $14.442020-04-27 — best price $16.992020-07-27 — best price $14.442020-10-19 — best price $16.992020-12-22 — best price $11.892021-03-29 — best price $16.992021-07-30 — best price $19.992021-10-21 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-23 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-05-09 — best price $19.992022-08-22 — best price $13.992022-10-03 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $13.392023-01-23 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $13.392023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $13.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-03-25 — best price $12.992024-05-16 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-05-05 — best price $16.742025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $18.742025-10-31 — best price $24.992026-01-19 — best price $16.742026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $18.742026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1502026-10-03 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 6 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
80.3%
earned "Jump!"
21.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-05-03, latest 2024-10-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,3015%40

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGAnimeIndieStrategyAdventureCard GameDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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