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EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK- cover art

EPHEMERAL -FANTASY ON DARK-

dramatic create · 2018-09-11

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Jan 18, 2018 (PlayStation Vita), Jan 20, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 15, 2016 (iOS), May 13, 2016 (Android), Sep 11, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fleeting, yet beautiful. The world of darkness―― The main protagonist, Cloe (name changeable) lived in a secluded town. Surrounded by wire fences, it felt like she was trapped inside a cage. Zombies were the only residents in that town, and she wasn't the exception.

89%
positive of 189 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$39.99
steam price (US)

The main character, Chloe, lives in a town walled off with wire mesh, like a cage. Her city has been quarantined, and everyone inside, including her, is a zombie. Most of her friends chose to die young. Other than that, her everyday life is fairly peaceful, but Chloe wishes she could see more of the outside world. One day, she receives an invitation to attend a prestigious inter-species school for elite students. Together with a werewolf, an invisible boy, a vampire, and a mummy, she begins her new life at the academy. There she finds herself in a forbidden inter-species love…(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 28,300 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 189 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2023-08-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720182026Week of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$19.992018-09-122026-10-012018-09-12 — best price $39.992018-11-01 — best price $39.992018-11-27 — best price $39.992019-01-04 — best price $39.992019-05-06 — best price $39.992019-11-01 — best price $39.992020-01-02 — best price $39.992020-03-06 — best price $39.992020-05-06 — best price $39.992020-11-02 — best price $39.992020-12-01 — best price $39.992021-01-05 — best price $39.992021-11-01 — best price $39.992021-12-01 — best price $39.992022-01-05 — best price $39.992023-08-14 — best price $39.992023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-03-21 — best price $39.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-09-19 — best price $39.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $19.992025-03-03 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $19.992025-04-30 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $19.992025-08-06 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $19.992026-03-05 — best price $19.992026-05-04 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $19.992026-10-01 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
82.5%
earned "Where zombies arrive"
15.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2DAnimeOtomeCasualFantasyRomanceZombiesAdventureStory RichText-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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