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Eternal Strands

Yellow Brick Games · 2025-01-28

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 28, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 28, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jan 28, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

A next-generation action experience where the elements obey you, the terrain bends to your will, and every victory is entirely your own.

Eternal Strands is a 2025 Action Adventure game priced at $8.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1775 reviews).

16
playing now
88%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (7.5k downloads)
4.25★
PlayStation Store rating (1,672 ratings)
28h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 40h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Eternal Strands is a 2025 action-adventure game developed and published by Yellow Brick Games. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on January 28, 2025. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 72 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (260 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 36k–80k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,775 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 64 of 73 observed days · $21.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23123120252026Week of 2025-01-28: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3232026-09-15 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 19 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 20 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
19415Feb 2025Aug 2026Feb 2025 — avg 194 · peak 745Mar 2025 — avg 67 · peak 224Apr 2025 — avg 59 · peak 200May 2025 — avg 25 · peak 63Jun 2025 — avg 21 · peak 108Jul 2025 — avg 47 · peak 134Aug 2025 — avg 35 · peak 100Sep 2025 — avg 15 · peak 63Oct 2025 — avg 33 · peak 103Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 44Dec 2025 — avg 41 · peak 133Jan 2026 — avg 55 · peak 179Feb 2026 — avg 42 · peak 141Mar 2026 — avg 31 · peak 82Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 61May 2026 — avg 28 · peak 102Jun 2026 — avg 20 · peak 86Jul 2026 — avg 30 · peak 84Aug 2026 — avg 26 · peak 100
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$8.992025-01-282026-10-152025-01-28 — best price $39.992025-04-10 — best price $29.992025-04-22 — best price $39.992025-05-01 — best price $39.992025-06-19 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992025-09-25 — best price $13.992025-10-09 — best price $39.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-02-04 — best price $39.992026-03-05 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-04-27 — best price $11.992026-05-28 — best price $29.992026-07-02 — best price $29.992026-08-27 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $29.992026-09-02 — best price $29.992026-09-05 — best price $8.992026-09-08 — best price $8.992026-09-11 — best price $29.992026-09-14 — best price $29.992026-09-17 — best price $29.992026-09-20 — best price $29.992026-09-23 — best price $29.992026-09-26 — best price $29.992026-09-29 — best price $29.992026-10-02 — best price $29.992026-10-05 — best price $29.992026-10-08 — best price $29.992026-10-11 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.992026-10-15 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

71212026-05-30 — 71 pageviews2026-06-03 — 40 pageviews2026-06-07 — 44 pageviews2026-06-11 — 32 pageviews2026-06-15 — 34 pageviews2026-06-19 — 42 pageviews2026-06-23 — 27 pageviews2026-06-27 — 48 pageviews2026-07-01 — 52 pageviews2026-07-05 — 49 pageviews2026-07-09 — 51 pageviews2026-07-13 — 41 pageviews2026-07-17 — 23 pageviews2026-07-21 — 21 pageviews2026-07-25 — 27 pageviews2026-07-29 — 39 pageviews2026-08-02 — 50 pageviews2026-08-06 — 35 pageviews2026-08-10 — 53 pageviews2026-08-14 — 43 pageviews2026-08-18 — 37 pageviews2026-08-22 — 25 pageviews2026-08-26 — 46 pageviews2026-08-30 — 51 pageviews2026-09-03 — 48 pageviews2026-09-07 — 29 pageviews2026-09-11 — 36 pageviews2026-09-15 — 36 pageviews2026-09-19 — 28 pageviews2026-09-23 — 46 pageviews2026-09-27 — 29 pageviews2026-10-01 — 24 pageviews2026-10-05 — 28 pageviews2026-10-08 — 38 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "Parting the Veil"
16.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-01-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)8,3174%44
PS5 (PlayStation)1,14318%44
Steam (Steam)1,0277%44

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DRPGMagicActionCombatLGBTQ+FantasyPhysicsColorfulAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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