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Curse of the Dead Gods

Passtech Games · Focus Entertainment · 2021-02-23

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

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.

28
playing now
83%
positive of 9.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
38h
to beat · rushed 21h · completionist 83h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 28 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 12% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 184k–414k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,204 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-80%
GamersGate$4.00-80%
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 106 of 154 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

68222026-08-06 22:00 — 43 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 54 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 63 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 46 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 66 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 44 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 29 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 59 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 37 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 68 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 57 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 34 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 48 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 47 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 39 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 53 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 54 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 33 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 45 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 40 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.232020-03-032026-08-302020-03-03 — best price $13.192020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-08-23 — best price $17.992020-10-03 — best price $17.992020-11-09 — best price $17.992021-01-10 — best price $17.992021-02-19 — best price $16.882021-03-29 — best price $16.882021-05-09 — best price $16.882021-06-17 — best price $19.992021-08-23 — best price $17.992021-11-19 — best price $11.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-04-25 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-08-23 — best price $9.392022-11-07 — best price $19.992022-12-31 — best price $17.972023-02-20 — best price $7.992023-05-07 — best price $8.752023-07-12 — best price $6.992023-09-14 — best price $6.992023-11-17 — best price $6.802024-02-03 — best price $19.992024-03-22 — best price $6.802024-05-17 — best price $8.282024-07-15 — best price $17.482024-09-05 — best price $4.992024-11-28 — best price $4.762025-01-19 — best price $5.802025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-25 — best price $5.182025-08-05 — best price $18.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-12-03 — best price $17.592026-01-29 — best price $19.992026-03-13 — best price $3.762026-06-08 — best price $3.232026-08-15 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4692026-05-31 — 15 pageviews2026-06-03 — 17 pageviews2026-06-06 — 23 pageviews2026-06-09 — 18 pageviews2026-06-12 — 32 pageviews2026-06-15 — 28 pageviews2026-06-18 — 21 pageviews2026-06-21 — 36 pageviews2026-06-24 — 25 pageviews2026-06-27 — 46 pageviews2026-06-30 — 29 pageviews2026-07-03 — 23 pageviews2026-07-06 — 43 pageviews2026-07-09 — 25 pageviews2026-07-12 — 19 pageviews2026-07-15 — 23 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-21 — 24 pageviews2026-07-24 — 21 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-02 — 25 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 22 pageviews2026-08-14 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 20 pageviews2026-08-20 — 15 pageviews2026-08-23 — 23 pageviews2026-08-26 — 19 pageviews2026-08-28 — 12 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

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.

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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