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Deepening Fire

VeryBigDog · Merlion Games · 2023-04-19

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 29, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Deepening Fire is a side-scrolling action adventure game. Choose different classes, with appropriate equipment, explore hidden complex map, defeat powerful enemies, expose the conspiracy of the chaotic world, experience the souls-like battle

72%
positive of 640 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (162 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 15,243 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 640 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days · $9.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13713720222026Week of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$2.392022-11-302026-09-142022-11-30 — best price $10.792023-01-18 — best price $10.792023-03-16 — best price $9.592023-04-20 — best price $9.592023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-07-25 — best price $5.992023-11-07 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992023-12-21 — best price $5.992024-02-02 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $4.792024-04-19 — best price $4.792024-06-13 — best price $4.792024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-10-07 — best price $11.992024-11-20 — best price $11.992024-12-04 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-02-09 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $11.992025-05-07 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-08-09 — best price $11.992025-09-22 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $11.992025-11-05 — best price $11.992026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-02-24 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-05-05 — best price $11.992026-06-18 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-08-01 — best price $11.992026-09-14 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
86.7%
earned "The First Flame"
16.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1905%59

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

Player tags

RPGIndieDifficultLore-RichAction RPGControllerOpen WorldPlatformerSouls-likeStory Rich

Census log

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

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