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Eldritch cover art

Eldritch

Minor Key Games · 2013-10-21

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 12, 2013 (Mac), Nov 12, 2013 (Linux), Oct 21, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.

Eldritch is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2013, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 2222 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Eldritch is a 2013 first-person shooter video game developed by David Pittman and published by American indie studio Minor Key Games. It was inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft and gameplay elements of roguelike games. The expansion Eldritch: Mountains of Madness was released in December 2013. The game's source code was released in 2014, though the content itself remains proprietary.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 89k–178k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,219 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.49-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2017-08-25) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 12 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620172026Week of 2017-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
491Oct 2013Jul 2025Oct 2013 — avg 49 · peak 116Feb 2014 — avg 8 · peak 29Jun 2014 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2014 — avg 11 · peak 126Feb 2015 — avg 8 · peak 24Jun 2015 — avg 22 · peak 91Oct 2015 — avg 18 · peak 108Feb 2016 — avg 11 · peak 34Jun 2016 — avg 10 · peak 43Oct 2016 — avg 5 · peak 26Feb 2017 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2017 — avg 7 · peak 23Oct 2017 — avg 5 · peak 18Feb 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2018 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 17Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $4.942015-08-28 — best price $2.992016-02-05 — best price $1.492016-12-22 — best price $1.492017-09-11 — best price $14.992018-05-04 — best price $1.492019-01-10 — best price $1.492019-11-26 — best price $1.492020-05-28 — best price $14.992020-06-19 — best price $13.392020-07-11 — best price $13.392020-08-03 — best price $14.992020-08-26 — best price $13.392020-10-01 — best price $13.392020-10-24 — best price $14.992020-11-17 — best price $13.392020-12-12 — best price $14.992021-01-13 — best price $14.992021-02-05 — best price $13.392021-03-01 — best price $14.992021-03-23 — best price $13.392021-04-16 — best price $14.992021-05-13 — best price $13.392021-06-05 — best price $14.992021-10-11 — best price $13.392022-05-02 — best price $1.492022-10-25 — best price $1.492022-12-24 — best price $11.012023-07-13 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $1.492024-11-04 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-10-03 — best price $1.492026-10-08 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2532026-05-30 — 15 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 13 pageviews2026-06-15 — 15 pageviews2026-06-19 — 10 pageviews2026-06-23 — 12 pageviews2026-06-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-01 — 21 pageviews2026-07-05 — 15 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 20 pageviews2026-07-29 — 12 pageviews2026-08-02 — 12 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 14 pageviews2026-08-18 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews2026-08-30 — 5 pageviews2026-09-03 — 16 pageviews2026-09-07 — 19 pageviews2026-09-11 — 10 pageviews2026-09-15 — 16 pageviews2026-09-19 — 18 pageviews2026-09-23 — 8 pageviews2026-09-27 — 11 pageviews2026-10-01 — 21 pageviews2026-10-05 — 6 pageviews2026-10-08 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
42.3%
earned "Gross, It's All Wet"
1.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Finnish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,5642%15

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

FPSRPGIndieActionHorrorStealthAdventureRogue-likeRogue-liteFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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