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Death of a Wish

melessthanthree · Syndicate Atomic LLC. · 2024-03-11

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Q1 2024 (Linux), Q1 2024 (Mac), Mar 11, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 11, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

THE NEO-SANCTUM SHALL FALL. Claim retribution against the theocratic Faiths as you master vicious hack-and-slash combat in this action-RPG where style is salvation.

97%
positive of 166 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)
Death of a Wish is a 2024 video game developed by Melessthanthree, the pseudonym of independent developer Colin Horgan, and published by Syndicate Atomic. The game expands upon the setting of Horgan's previous title, Lucah: Born of a Dream, and its antagonist Christian, introduced in a DLC release The Descent. Upon release, Death of a Wish received praise by critics for its abstract visual presentation, the pace of combat, and its narrative themes relating to revenge and self-actualisation.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (61 reviews).
  • · Top 58% of 11,979 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.3k–7.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 166 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.74 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Player tags

2DRPGAnimeHorrorSurrealTop-DownAction RPGControllerSouls-likeStory Rich

Census log

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