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Deck of Ashes cover art

Deck of Ashes

AYGames · ESDigital Games · 2020-06-09

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 11, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?

1
playing now
72%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (176 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,068 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.75 at GameBillet (2026-03-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 36 of 57 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14414420192026Week of 2019-04-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.752019-04-122026-08-142019-04-12 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $13.992021-07-09 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-06-12 — best price $19.992023-07-03 — best price $5.382023-07-24 — best price $19.992023-08-25 — best price $4.992023-10-06 — best price $4.582023-11-21 — best price $4.992023-12-18 — best price $18.332024-01-09 — best price $19.992024-02-07 — best price $3.992024-03-15 — best price $19.992024-03-25 — best price $3.992024-04-23 — best price $18.332024-06-03 — best price $19.992024-07-08 — best price $17.192024-08-20 — best price $18.332024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-02-28 — best price $3.992025-04-24 — best price $19.992025-06-28 — best price $4.752025-07-13 — best price $16.572025-09-29 — best price $4.992025-12-23 — best price $3.782026-03-06 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-05-02 — best price $18.502026-05-17 — best price $19.992026-06-24 — best price $16.262026-07-12 — best price $19.992026-07-28 — best price $4.502026-08-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
52.8%
earned "First Blood"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availablePartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8181%110
PS4 (PlayStation)759%23
PS4 (PlayStation)4914%23
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

RPGIndieStrategyAdventureCard GameRogue-liteTurn-BasedCard BattlerDark FantasyDeckbuilding

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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