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Ctesiphon

Stomy · 2025-11-26

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 27, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 27, 2025 (Linux)

A retrowave/mecha-inspired sci-fi first-person shooter featuring fast-paced combat in old-school style open-plan levels packed with pickups, keys, and secrets.

90%
positive of 83 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

You play Ethelyn Dax, Galactic Bounty Hunter extraordinaire. Finally settling in for a long-awaited vacation on the resort world of Ctesiphon, the moment is ruined by the surprise arrival of the Black Death mercenary company. Taking the capital city and every surrounding resort hostage as part of a payment dispute, the mercs expected to meet no physical resistance. Ethelyn would be perfectly content to simply get her money back and leave the resort to sort things out with the mercs themselves, but as it turns out the force is led by a shadow from Ethelyn's own past that she can't simply let ge(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 71% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 83 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-08-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820252026Week of 2025-11-27: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$3.992025-11-272026-08-102025-11-27 — best price $6.992025-12-10 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-07 — best price $4.992026-06-14 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $3.992026-08-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Census log

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

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