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Epistory - Typing Chronicles cover art

Epistory - Typing Chronicles

Fishing Cactus · 2016-03-30

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

9
playing now
95%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$14.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 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 14% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 170k–409k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,809 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.24-85%
GreenManGaming$3.08-79%
Humble Store$3.74-75%
GOG$4.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$17.99

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 167 of 168 observed days · $2.25 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

1752026-08-06 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.01$2.242015-09-302026-08-302015-09-30 — 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 $14.992026-08-30 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1302026-05-30 — 1 pageviews2026-06-01 — 2 pageviews2026-06-04 — 0 pageviews2026-06-08 — 0 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1 pageviews2026-06-17 — 0 pageviews2026-06-30 — 2 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 4 pageviews2026-07-18 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-26 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-01 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 4 pageviews2026-08-05 — 10 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-09 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-19 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1 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

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.

Player tags

RPGIndieMagicActionTypingColorfulTop-DownAdventureNarrativeOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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