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ELDERBORN cover art

ELDERBORN

Hyperstrange · 2020-01-30

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Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 08, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Nov 08, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ELDERBORN - a Metal AF* Slasher with brutal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. Be that merciless slayer. Uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom. Forge your own destiny! *Action Fantasy.

2
playing now
86%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

In the times of legend, barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. Be that merciless slayer. Uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom. Forge your own destiny!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 137 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 62k–139k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,081 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.69 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 44 of 67 observed days · $0.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17017020182026Week of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.692018-10-112026-08-302018-10-11 — best price $15.992019-01-10 — best price $15.992019-09-25 — best price $15.992020-01-30 — best price $11.992020-06-01 — best price $10.492020-08-24 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-01-04 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-07-02 — best price $7.492021-10-25 — best price $7.492021-12-13 — best price $7.492022-03-21 — best price $14.992022-06-13 — best price $5.992022-08-22 — best price $7.492022-12-12 — best price $5.992023-02-13 — best price $5.992023-04-10 — best price $3.742023-07-31 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $2.992024-01-29 — best price $14.992024-04-11 — best price $14.992024-06-14 — best price $14.992024-09-10 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $2.992024-12-05 — best price $2.992025-02-13 — best price $2.842025-04-16 — best price $7.492025-06-27 — best price $5.242025-08-26 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-05 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-16 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.692026-04-30 — best price $2.992026-07-20 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
60.6%
earned "Can I play, Daddy?"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,9352%27
Xbox Series (Xbox)1094%26
PS5 (PlayStation)711%27

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

PvEDarkFantasyFightingDifficultSwordplay3D FighterAction RPGSouls-likeExploration

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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