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Eastward

Pixpil · Chucklefish · 2021-09-16

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 25, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 16, 2021 (Mac), Sep 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 01, 2022 (Xbox One)

Welcome to the charming world of Eastward - population declining! Journey through a society on the brink of collapse. Discover delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people! Wield a trusty frying pan and mystic powers on an adventure into the unknown…

Eastward is a 2021 Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG title priced at $24.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 16,594 reviews).

27
playing now
84%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (1.7k downloads)
80/100
opencritic · strong · 75% recommend · from 75 critics
28h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

27 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Eastward is a 2021 action-adventure role-playing video game developed by Pixpil and published by Chucklefish. It was first released for the Nintendo Switch, macOS, and Windows, followed by the Xbox One in 2022.

Trailer

Eastward trailer thumbnail

Eastward - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈231,781 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 27 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 344 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~43/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (6,010 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 333k–748k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,629 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2023-09-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 51 of 97 observed days · $12.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.2k5.2k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 5,162 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 848 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,228 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 309 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,373 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

50132026-09-15 12:00 — 31 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 43 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 39 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 34 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 21 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 37 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 33 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 26 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 33 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 27 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 35 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 31 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 24 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 49 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 36 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 27 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.7k36Sep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 3,712 · peak 12,296Nov 2021 — avg 212 · peak 494Jan 2022 — avg 206 · peak 412Mar 2022 — avg 89 · peak 182May 2022 — avg 76 · peak 165Jul 2022 — avg 108 · peak 221Sep 2022 — avg 131 · peak 404Nov 2022 — avg 153 · peak 385Jan 2023 — avg 77 · peak 174Mar 2023 — avg 49 · peak 111May 2023 — avg 42 · peak 202Jul 2023 — avg 73 · peak 150Sep 2023 — avg 68 · peak 228Nov 2023 — avg 58 · peak 154Jan 2024 — avg 85 · peak 1,045Mar 2024 — avg 137 · peak 335May 2024 — avg 66 · peak 155Jul 2024 — avg 98 · peak 250Sep 2024 — avg 73 · peak 177Nov 2024 — avg 59 · peak 172Jan 2025 — avg 62 · peak 128Mar 2025 — avg 45 · peak 101May 2025 — avg 50 · peak 124Jul 2025 — avg 55 · peak 120Sep 2025 — avg 51 · peak 136Nov 2025 — avg 40 · peak 80Jan 2026 — avg 44 · peak 84Mar 2026 — avg 38 · peak 89May 2026 — avg 36 · peak 92Jul 2026 — avg 46 · peak 91Aug 2026 — avg 36 · peak 77
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$12.492021-08-112026-10-142021-08-11 — best price $22.492022-01-07 — best price $22.492022-04-13 — best price $22.492022-06-17 — best price $24.992022-07-28 — best price $24.992022-10-06 — best price $19.992022-12-16 — best price $17.492023-02-16 — best price $17.492023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-05-16 — best price $17.492023-06-29 — best price $14.992023-09-17 — best price $24.992023-12-02 — best price $24.992024-02-07 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-04-23 — best price $14.992024-06-08 — best price $24.992024-07-19 — best price $12.492024-09-16 — best price $12.492024-11-11 — best price $12.492024-12-03 — best price $24.992025-01-26 — best price $12.492025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-06-10 — best price $12.492025-07-29 — best price $24.992025-09-11 — best price $24.992025-10-22 — best price $24.992025-11-20 — best price $12.492025-12-18 — best price $12.492026-02-04 — best price $24.992026-04-07 — best price $12.492026-06-07 — best price $24.992026-08-27 — best price $12.492026-09-04 — best price $12.492026-09-12 — best price $24.992026-09-20 — best price $24.992026-09-28 — best price $12.492026-10-06 — best price $12.492026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

77292026-06-02 — 58 pageviews2026-06-06 — 56 pageviews2026-06-10 — 47 pageviews2026-06-14 — 62 pageviews2026-06-18 — 50 pageviews2026-06-22 — 51 pageviews2026-06-26 — 62 pageviews2026-06-30 — 49 pageviews2026-07-04 — 68 pageviews2026-07-08 — 73 pageviews2026-07-12 — 34 pageviews2026-07-16 — 42 pageviews2026-07-20 — 66 pageviews2026-07-24 — 46 pageviews2026-07-28 — 54 pageviews2026-08-01 — 49 pageviews2026-08-05 — 50 pageviews2026-08-09 — 56 pageviews2026-08-13 — 57 pageviews2026-08-17 — 46 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-25 — 44 pageviews2026-08-29 — 46 pageviews2026-09-02 — 48 pageviews2026-09-06 — 48 pageviews2026-09-10 — 29 pageviews2026-09-14 — 70 pageviews2026-09-18 — 62 pageviews2026-09-22 — 56 pageviews2026-09-26 — 47 pageviews2026-09-30 — 46 pageviews2026-10-04 — 50 pageviews2026-10-08 — 42 pageviews2026-10-12 — 45 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
75.8%
earned "Pixball Newbie"
13.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-09-16, latest 2024-01-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,6623%30
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)4,3392%30
Switch (Nintendo)8430%0
Switch (Nintendo)210%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCuteJRPGActionRelaxingAdventureAction RPGSoundtrackStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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