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Emberward

Refic Games · 2024-06-25

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategyFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 25, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!

Emberward is a 2024 Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 3994 reviews).

308
playing now
97%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5
twitch viewers (latest)
5.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

308 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Emberward trailer thumbnail

Emberward Trailer (v0.3.4 Early Access)

≈1,265 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 308 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 454 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~57/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 89k–201k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,470 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.24 at Steam (2025-04-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
49349320242026Week of 2024-06-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.2k1242026-09-15 15:00 — 185 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 132 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 898 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 2,215 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 1,494 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 1,417 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 1,801 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 987 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 1,447 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 1,803 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 1,067 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 909 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 871 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 802 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 768 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 589 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 560 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 410 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 460 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 733 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 459 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 354 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 547 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 308 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
477102Jul 2024Aug 2026Jul 2024 — avg 447 · peak 1,348Aug 2024 — avg 477 · peak 978Sep 2024 — avg 301 · peak 614Oct 2024 — avg 223 · peak 417Nov 2024 — avg 172 · peak 321Dec 2024 — avg 245 · peak 472Jan 2025 — avg 212 · peak 463Feb 2025 — avg 149 · peak 306Mar 2025 — avg 217 · peak 391Apr 2025 — avg 261 · peak 802May 2025 — avg 194 · peak 413Jun 2025 — avg 173 · peak 329Jul 2025 — avg 180 · peak 328Aug 2025 — avg 219 · peak 403Sep 2025 — avg 210 · peak 502Oct 2025 — avg 186 · peak 371Nov 2025 — avg 143 · peak 222Dec 2025 — avg 139 · peak 221Jan 2026 — avg 141 · peak 247Feb 2026 — avg 124 · peak 207Mar 2026 — avg 168 · peak 363Apr 2026 — avg 125 · peak 203May 2026 — avg 112 · peak 181Jun 2026 — avg 115 · peak 207Jul 2026 — avg 130 · peak 210Aug 2026 — avg 102 · peak 154
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
81812026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 81 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 43 new positive2026-09-23: 34 new positive2026-09-24: 22 new positive2026-09-25: 24 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 26 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 26 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 20 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 16 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 9 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 18 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 9 new positive2026-10-03: 12 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 16 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 13 new positive2026-10-06: 20 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new positive2026-10-09: 7 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 11 new positive2026-10-12: 13 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$11.242024-06-252026-07-152024-06-25 — best price $13.492024-07-02 — best price $14.992024-08-22 — best price $13.492024-08-27 — best price $14.992024-10-19 — best price $13.492024-10-26 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $12.742024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-01-24 — best price $12.742025-02-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-04-12 — best price $11.242025-04-19 — best price $14.992025-05-19 — best price $12.742025-05-26 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-07-31 — best price $11.992025-08-07 — best price $14.992025-09-11 — best price $11.992025-09-18 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-18 — best price $11.992025-10-25 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-09 — best price $11.992026-03-16 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1.5k02026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 225 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 197 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 193 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 242 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 205 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 179 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 5 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
40.2%
earned "Adventure Begins"
8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9850%100

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

3DRTSIndieBuildingCartoonyColorfulStrategyTacticalRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

Recent updates

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