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Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler cover art

Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler

Cateia Games · 2016-10-06

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 06, 2016 (Linux), Oct 06, 2016 (Mac), Oct 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Duke Grabowski is a classic point-and-click adventure, created with love by an indie team that includes Bill Tiller (The Curse of Monkey Island, Steven Spielberg's The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine).

Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler is a 2016 Adventure, Casual and Indie game priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive sentiment from 245 reviews and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
85%
positive of 245 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Duke Grabowski: Mighty Swashbuckler! is a point-and-click adventure game spinoff of Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, developed by Venture Moon Industries for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android via Ouya. In August 2014, a crowdfunding campaign was launched to fund the title, originally envisioned for a modest two-to-four hours of gameplay. As it neared completion, however, the game found a publisher and additional episodes are planned. The first episode was released on October 6, 2016.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 28,764 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.1k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 245 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2017-10-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 73 of 95 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162026Week of 2016-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992016-10-062026-10-142016-10-06 — best price $6.992016-11-29 — best price $6.992017-05-04 — best price $6.992017-10-26 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $1.992019-01-03 — best price $1.992019-05-23 — best price $1.992019-11-21 — best price $0.992020-01-12 — best price $0.992020-05-21 — best price $1.992020-11-28 — best price $0.992022-11-04 — best price $1.992023-05-05 — best price $0.992024-12-02 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $5.492026-03-02 — best price $9.992026-03-27 — best price $4.992026-04-24 — best price $9.992026-05-14 — best price $9.992026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-24 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $4.992026-08-27 — best price $4.992026-09-01 — best price $4.992026-09-06 — best price $4.992026-09-11 — best price $4.992026-09-16 — best price $4.992026-09-21 — best price $4.992026-09-26 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $4.992026-10-06 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1412026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 3 pageviews2026-06-10 — 10 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 6 pageviews2026-09-06 — 3 pageviews2026-09-10 — 3 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-18 — 5 pageviews2026-09-22 — 3 pageviews2026-09-26 — 13 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews2026-10-11 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
50.3%
earned "Monkeys!"
40.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundTouch Only Option2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Hebrew, French

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-05-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)31463%15

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

Player tags

FunnyIndieCasualComedyPiratesAdventureStory RichSingleplayerHidden ObjectPoint & Click

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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