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Corpse Keeper cover art

Corpse Keeper

Melancholia Studio · Thermite Games · 2024-05-28

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Corpse Keeper is a very challenging action-strategy roguelite. You'll need to lead a squad of three corpses to explore the grim and dark medieval world within limited time, build a powerful army of the living dead, and finally kill the demon lurking in the deep end of the cathedral.

74%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (740 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 15,545 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,418 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.12 at GamesPlanet US (2025-07-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 32 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54354320232026Week of 2023-02-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$4.292022-08-112026-08-312022-08-11 — best price $99.992023-04-18 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-09-25 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-15 — best price $19.992024-04-01 — best price $19.992024-06-11 — best price $19.992024-07-18 — best price $11.992024-08-07 — best price $11.992024-09-16 — best price $10.992024-11-02 — best price $17.882024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-27 — best price $19.992025-03-10 — best price $6.992025-04-04 — best price $15.892025-05-05 — best price $19.992025-06-09 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $6.992025-07-17 — best price $14.692025-07-24 — best price $15.892025-08-05 — best price $6.992025-09-06 — best price $15.892025-09-15 — best price $5.592025-11-03 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $6.992026-02-23 — best price $5.872026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-13 — best price $6.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-07-20 — best price $19.992026-08-31 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
92.5%
earned "Knight · Sword"
24.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1243%42

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

Player tags

3DDarkGothicFantasyStrategyDifficultAction RPGRogue-likeSouls-likeAtmospheric

Census log

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

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