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Curse of the Dead Gods

Passtech Games · Focus Entertainment · 2021-02-23

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 23, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 23, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 23, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Feb 23, 2021 (Xbox One)

You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters.

Curse of the Dead Gods is an Action, Adventure game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 9232 reviews).

37
playing now
83%
positive of 9.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
4.03★
PlayStation Store rating (4,509 ratings)
38h
to beat · rushed 21h · completionist 83h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

37 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Curse of the Dead Gods is a 2021 roguelike video game developed by Passtech Games and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game was released via early access in March 2020, and in full in February 2021 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Trailer

Curse of the Dead Gods trailer thumbnail

Curse of the Dead Gods - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈441,907 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 37 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 286 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (878 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 185k–415k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,232 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.30 at GameBillet (2025-10-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 132 of 179 observed days · $0.69 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
79279220202026Week of 2020-03-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

76252026-09-15 12:00 — 67 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 45 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 31 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 57 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 75 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 31 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 43 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 76 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 31 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 52 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 43 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 34 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 26 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 51 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 40 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 33 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 62 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 32 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 34 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 46 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 61 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 25 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 37 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
93343Mar 2020Aug 2026Mar 2020 — avg 377 · peak 1,571May 2020 — avg 71 · peak 142Jul 2020 — avg 113 · peak 316Sep 2020 — avg 80 · peak 296Nov 2020 — avg 126 · peak 347Jan 2021 — avg 90 · peak 165Mar 2021 — avg 933 · peak 2,485May 2021 — avg 216 · peak 476Jul 2021 — avg 173 · peak 398Sep 2021 — avg 142 · peak 444Nov 2021 — avg 161 · peak 461Jan 2022 — avg 154 · peak 281Mar 2022 — avg 96 · peak 240May 2022 — avg 149 · peak 349Jul 2022 — avg 141 · peak 332Sep 2022 — avg 128 · peak 328Nov 2022 — avg 131 · peak 358Jan 2023 — avg 157 · peak 385Mar 2023 — avg 118 · peak 241May 2023 — avg 130 · peak 311Jul 2023 — avg 173 · peak 345Sep 2023 — avg 116 · peak 290Nov 2023 — avg 94 · peak 185Jan 2024 — avg 145 · peak 329Mar 2024 — avg 110 · peak 251May 2024 — avg 105 · peak 200Jul 2024 — avg 103 · peak 221Sep 2024 — avg 103 · peak 246Nov 2024 — avg 123 · peak 324Jan 2025 — avg 101 · peak 207Mar 2025 — avg 123 · peak 466May 2025 — avg 62 · peak 127Jul 2025 — avg 77 · peak 149Sep 2025 — avg 72 · peak 168Nov 2025 — avg 63 · peak 125Jan 2026 — avg 69 · peak 135Mar 2026 — avg 51 · peak 120May 2026 — avg 60 · peak 124Jul 2026 — avg 49 · peak 94Aug 2026 — avg 43 · peak 79
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.362020-03-032026-10-142020-03-03 — best price $13.192020-07-16 — best price $15.892020-09-04 — best price $17.992020-10-25 — best price $15.892020-12-31 — best price $17.992021-02-19 — best price $16.882021-04-07 — best price $19.992021-05-27 — best price $16.882021-08-08 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-05-16 — best price $9.392022-07-28 — best price $19.992022-10-08 — best price $19.992022-12-19 — best price $7.992023-02-20 — best price $7.992023-05-15 — best price $19.992023-07-31 — best price $17.992023-10-30 — best price $6.992024-01-15 — best price $17.482024-03-22 — best price $6.802024-05-25 — best price $5.972024-07-27 — best price $17.992024-10-22 — best price $17.992025-01-12 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-03 — best price $16.572025-08-29 — best price $19.992025-11-04 — best price $19.392026-01-20 — best price $3.582026-03-13 — best price $3.762026-06-18 — best price $19.992026-08-25 — best price $3.992026-09-24 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4392026-05-31 — 15 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-08 — 13 pageviews2026-06-12 — 32 pageviews2026-06-16 — 21 pageviews2026-06-20 — 21 pageviews2026-06-24 — 25 pageviews2026-06-28 — 25 pageviews2026-07-02 — 24 pageviews2026-07-06 — 43 pageviews2026-07-10 — 21 pageviews2026-07-14 — 18 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-22 — 30 pageviews2026-07-26 — 29 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 24 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 22 pageviews2026-08-15 — 26 pageviews2026-08-19 — 28 pageviews2026-08-23 — 23 pageviews2026-08-27 — 22 pageviews2026-08-31 — 18 pageviews2026-09-04 — 17 pageviews2026-09-08 — 22 pageviews2026-09-12 — 30 pageviews2026-09-16 — 24 pageviews2026-09-20 — 33 pageviews2026-09-24 — 32 pageviews2026-09-28 — 19 pageviews2026-10-02 — 15 pageviews2026-10-06 — 16 pageviews2026-10-09 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
84.9%
earned "Initiation"
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-02-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)34,6042%31
Steam (Steam)12,6081%30
Xbox One (Xbox)11,0470%30
Windows (Xbox)2,1611%30
Switch (Nintendo)1140%0

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

IndieActionFightingAdventureDifficultIsometricReal-TimeRogue-likeRogue-liteSouls-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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