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Ephemeral Tale

Dawdling Dog, ltd. · 2022-01-18

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ephemeral Tale is a dungeon crawler/looter hybrid for the modern age, featuring hand-crafted dungeons, classic JRPG-style combat, and a loot-driven progression system.

Ephemeral Tale is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2022, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (70% of 46 reviews).

0
playing now
70%
positive of 46 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2020-01-14) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420202026Week of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.992020-01-142026-08-262020-01-14 — best price $4.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $8.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-10-29 — best price $8.492022-01-27 — best price $13.492022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-06-24 — best price $11.992022-08-08 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $11.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-04-10 — best price $11.242023-05-29 — best price $14.992023-07-17 — best price $10.492023-08-28 — best price $10.492023-11-06 — best price $14.992023-12-11 — best price $9.742024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $9.742024-04-15 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $8.992024-08-05 — best price $14.992024-11-11 — best price $8.242024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-06 — best price $8.242025-02-24 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $7.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-04-04 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-20 — best price $14.992026-08-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
50.1%
earned "Surprise!"
11%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGLootMagicFantasyColorfulTop-DownControllerRogue-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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