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Epistory - Typing Chronicles

Fishing Cactus · 2016-03-30

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 30, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 02, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 30, 2016 (Mac), Mar 30, 2016 (Linux), Feb 02, 2021 (Google Stadia)

Epistory immerses you in an atmospheric action/adventure game where you play a girl riding a giant fox who fights an insectile corruption from an origami world. As you progress and explore this world, the story literally unfolds and the mysteries of the magic power of the words are revealed.

Epistory - Typing Chronicles is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2016 for $14.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive (95% of 6809 reviews) sentiment.

8
playing now
95%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
7.3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Epistory – Typing Chronicles is a 2016 action-adventure, typing video game developed by Fishing Cactus. The game was released on Steam Early Access in September 2015 and was officially released on March 30, 2016, for Linux, Microsoft Windows, and macOS, and on February 2, 2021 for Stadia. In the game, a young girl rides a fox with three tails. The game's story follows a writer's writing process, which unfolds like paper on-screen and is narrated from the perspective of the writer's internal thoughts. The game later received a spiritual sequel, Nanotale – Typing Chronicles.

Trailer

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Epistory - Typing Chronicles: Release Trailer

≈9,510 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 85 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 171k–410k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,831 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.99-80%
GreenManGaming$3.69-75%
Steam$4.49-70%
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at IndieGala Store (2025-04-15) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 194 of 195 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12912920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1642026-09-15 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 10 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1020Oct 2015Aug 2026Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2016 — avg 8 · peak 40Oct 2016 — avg 18 · peak 45Feb 2017 — avg 9 · peak 22Jun 2017 — avg 33 · peak 106Oct 2017 — avg 18 · peak 257Feb 2018 — avg 29 · peak 92Jun 2018 — avg 42 · peak 116Oct 2018 — avg 18 · peak 43Feb 2019 — avg 18 · peak 39Jun 2019 — avg 31 · peak 267Oct 2019 — avg 23 · peak 68Feb 2020 — avg 19 · peak 66Jun 2020 — avg 15 · peak 37Oct 2020 — avg 16 · peak 50Feb 2021 — avg 15 · peak 44Jun 2021 — avg 12 · peak 29Oct 2021 — avg 11 · peak 27Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 22Jun 2022 — avg 11 · peak 25Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 27Feb 2023 — avg 14 · peak 30Jun 2023 — avg 10 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 14 · peak 32Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 28Jun 2024 — avg 12 · peak 27Oct 2024 — avg 12 · peak 28Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 24Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 24Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 32Feb 2026 — avg 13 · peak 23Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.01$2.242015-09-302026-10-152015-09-30 — best price $8.192016-06-07 — best price $14.992016-11-01 — best price $13.492017-07-31 — best price $14.992018-01-24 — best price $6.452018-07-01 — best price $5.992018-12-21 — best price $4.432019-05-23 — best price $14.992019-11-04 — best price $5.992020-01-23 — best price $4.462020-03-30 — best price $14.992020-07-08 — best price $11.802020-09-07 — best price $14.992020-11-03 — best price $14.992021-01-06 — best price $14.992021-03-16 — best price $12.632021-05-20 — best price $14.992021-08-13 — best price $5.252021-12-16 — best price $3.742022-03-29 — best price $12.592022-08-07 — best price $14.992022-12-12 — best price $4.342023-03-12 — best price $5.242023-06-11 — best price $5.992023-08-24 — best price $6.882023-11-27 — best price $14.992024-02-14 — best price $3.742024-05-14 — best price $4.502024-08-27 — best price $14.992024-11-19 — best price $4.492025-04-04 — best price $2.352025-07-31 — best price $14.992025-11-14 — best price $3.752026-02-04 — best price $14.992026-04-24 — best price $14.992026-08-01 — best price $14.992026-09-21 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1502026-05-30 — 1 pageviews2026-06-02 — 1 pageviews2026-06-08 — 0 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1 pageviews2026-06-30 — 2 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-23 — 5 pageviews2026-07-26 — 10 pageviews2026-07-29 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 4 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 15 pageviews2026-09-03 — 11 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-09 — 14 pageviews2026-09-12 — 7 pageviews2026-09-15 — 2 pageviews2026-09-18 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 6 pageviews2026-09-24 — 8 pageviews2026-09-27 — 9 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-03 — 3 pageviews2026-10-06 — 4 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
78.8%
earned "Signal Fire"
21.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Czech, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-04-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,0086%55
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

RPGIndieMagicActionTypingColorfulTop-DownAdventureNarrativeOpen World

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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