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Effulgence RPG

Andrei Fomin · 2025-12-02

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 02, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Effulgence RPG is a party-based RPG set in a unique character-based world where enemies are more than just obstacles - they ARE the resource. 💀 Destroy them to forge better gear!

Effulgence RPG is a $19.99 Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Early Access game released in 2025, with a Very Positive sentiment (90% of 58 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

90%
positive of 58 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

It's easy to transmit a video signal when you're just the distance of a satellite away. If you go beyond the solar system, it may take hours to send a regular image to Earth. But when the signal comes from a galaxy a million light-years away, only fragments of symbols make it to us. Sometimes, they can be decoded and assembled into an animation made from text characters. This is the story of a strange world. It may no longer exist, as the signal has traveled for a million years. Or perhaps it not only exists, but is preparing an attack?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2026-01-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620252026Week of 2025-12-02: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$7.992025-12-022026-08-102025-12-02 — best price $9.992026-01-02 — best price $7.992026-01-07 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-04-21 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $15.992026-08-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam Cloud2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-12-02 (Steam store data)

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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