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Empyreal cover art

Empyreal

Silent Games · Secret Mode · 2025-05-08

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 08, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 08, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 08, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Empyreal is a complex, challenging, feature-rich action RPG. In a far-flung corner of the galaxy an Expedition arrives on a hitherto unexplored planet to find a colossal Monolith built by a lost civilisation.

1
playing now
69%
positive of 160 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
56/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (50 reviews).
  • · Top 62% of 10,830 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 160 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.49-77%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.49-77%
Gamesplanet$3.74-75%
WinGameStore$3.74-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.38 at Newegg (2026-07-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 123 of 169 observed days · $0.11 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620252026Week of 2025-05-08: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$3.252025-05-072026-08-302025-05-07 — best price $29.992025-05-22 — best price $14.992025-07-07 — best price $23.992025-07-17 — best price $22.492025-08-07 — best price $9.892025-08-15 — best price $9.512025-08-24 — best price $4.872025-09-12 — best price $29.992025-10-02 — best price $5.362025-10-22 — best price $29.992025-10-30 — best price $9.742025-11-14 — best price $26.882025-11-23 — best price $8.632025-12-03 — best price $22.492025-12-19 — best price $7.502026-01-06 — best price $26.092026-01-23 — best price $5.982026-02-05 — best price $4.492026-02-20 — best price $29.992026-03-04 — best price $25.792026-03-19 — best price $6.712026-04-02 — best price $7.492026-04-10 — best price $6.112026-04-22 — best price $29.992026-05-09 — best price $7.492026-05-23 — best price $7.502026-06-06 — best price $22.492026-06-15 — best price $29.992026-07-02 — best price $4.492026-07-16 — best price $7.492026-07-27 — best price $6.962026-08-03 — best price $14.992026-08-09 — best price $4.492026-08-15 — best price $3.742026-08-22 — best price $3.492026-08-30 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
37.5%
earned "Sometimes you need to get your hands dirty..."
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

PvERPGLootActionCombatSci-fiAdventureAction RPGAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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