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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.

0
playing now
70%
positive of 46 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 78% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 14:00 — 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).

Details

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

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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