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Elypse

Hot Chili Games · PID Games · 2023-05-17

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 02, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 17, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 02, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Embark upon a tragic tale and discover the ravaged world of Elypse! Fight your destiny in an arduous 2D adventure, story rich platformer, in a mesmerising and mysterious world.

74%
positive of 414 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.56★
PlayStation Store rating (50 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Every ten years, a sacrifice must be made to protect your people from the Abyss, a place as worshiped as it is feared! This time you were chosen and thrown into the darkness… Nobody has ever returned but perhaps you can achieve the impossible? Welcomed by Nyx, living alone with its boulders in a cave, you have survived for ten years. With his help you will try to reach a portal that could finally let you escape the depth of the Abyss.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 28,121 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.3k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 414 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-03-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 13 of 35 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
686820232026Week of 2023-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.492026-09-112026-10-152026-09-11 — best price $9.992026-09-12 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-14 — best price $9.992026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-16 — best price $9.992026-09-17 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-09-19 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-09-21 — best price $9.992026-09-22 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-09-24 — best price $1.492026-09-25 — best price $1.492026-09-26 — best price $1.492026-09-27 — best price $1.492026-09-28 — best price $1.492026-09-29 — best price $1.492026-09-30 — best price $1.492026-10-01 — best price $1.492026-10-02 — best price $1.492026-10-03 — best price $1.492026-10-04 — best price $1.492026-10-05 — best price $1.492026-10-06 — best price $1.492026-10-07 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.992026-10-10 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $9.992026-10-12 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
86.6%
earned "A path of no return"
28.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-03-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2975%34
PS5 (PlayStation)11014%34
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2DDarkIndieActionParkourAdventureDifficultPlatformerAtmosphericDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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