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Elder Ring

Funny as Hell · 2P Games · 2025-05-22

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

As a Grand Immortal Cultivator(you), facing your greatest crisis! Having lost your body, your soul hides within a ring. Many people with different personalities will become your "master". Some of them are smart, some are stupid, some are greedy, some are righteous...

Elder Ring is a $6.49 Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Early Access game released in 2025, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (48% of 285 reviews).

1
playing now
48%
positive of 285 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (113 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 29,175 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.7k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 285 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
616120252026Week of 2025-05-22: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2002May 2025Jul 2026May 2025 — avg 200 · peak 629Jun 2025 — avg 44 · peak 178Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 15Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 33Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 30Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 26May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$6.492025-05-222026-08-192025-05-22 — best price $8.992025-06-05 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $8.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-07-22 — best price $8.992025-07-29 — best price $9.992025-09-01 — best price $8.992025-09-08 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $8.492025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-20 — best price $8.492025-10-27 — best price $9.992025-11-27 — best price $8.492025-12-07 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-01-06 — best price $7.492026-01-13 — best price $9.992026-02-12 — best price $7.492026-02-25 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-03-31 — best price $6.992026-04-06 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $6.492026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-19 — best price $6.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
97.5%
earned "名戒有主"
17%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)460%57

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

Player tags

2DRPGCRPGJRPGDramaComedyCraftingStrategyOpen WorldExploration

Census log

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

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