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Eschalon: Book I cover art

Eschalon: Book I

Basilisk Games · 2009-02-10

SteamGOG

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 19, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 21, 2007 (Linux), Dec 11, 2007 (Mac)

Eschalon: Book I is an old-school role-playing game that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into dozens of sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who you are. It features a tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically...

Eschalon: Book I is a free-to-play Indie RPG released in 2009, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 418 reviews).

2
playing now
86%
positive of 418 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Eschalon: Book I is an isometric turn-based role-playing video game by Basilisk Games. In the style of classic role-playing video games, it features a large and openly explorable game world, comprehensive management of character stats and skills, and a non-linear storyline. It is the first in a trilogy of games set in the fantasy world of Eschalon.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 49,687 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Current store prices

GOG$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at GOG (2015-12-02) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 47 of 47 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1602026-09-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $5.952015-06-04 — best price $1.492015-06-10 — best price $5.992015-06-13 — best price $5.992015-06-22 — best price $5.992015-10-26 — best price $6.952015-12-02 — best price $1.192015-12-12 — best price $1.192015-12-22 — best price $4.012016-02-05 — best price $4.192016-03-02 — best price $6.952016-03-11 — best price $5.992016-04-28 — best price $1.732016-06-22 — best price $5.992016-11-10 — best price $2.992016-11-29 — best price $5.992017-01-02 — best price $5.992017-02-14 — best price $3.472017-03-18 — best price $0.002018-06-08 — best price $14.992019-01-03 — best price $6.952026-09-01 — best price $0.002026-09-04 — best price $0.002026-09-07 — best price $0.002026-09-10 — best price $0.002026-09-13 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-19 — best price $0.002026-09-22 — best price $0.002026-09-25 — best price $0.002026-09-28 — best price $0.002026-10-01 — best price $0.002026-10-04 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-10 — best price $0.002026-10-13 — best price $0.002026-10-15 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2612026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 12 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 3 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 5 pageviews2026-06-29 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 11 pageviews2026-07-23 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 8 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 12 pageviews2026-08-20 — 4 pageviews2026-08-24 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 2 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 7 pageviews2026-09-13 — 6 pageviews2026-09-17 — 6 pageviews2026-09-21 — 11 pageviews2026-09-25 — 4 pageviews2026-09-29 — 4 pageviews2026-10-03 — 8 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews2026-10-11 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRPGCRPGIndieFantasyIsometricOld SchoolOpen WorldTurn-BasedExploration

Census log

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

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