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Eternal Strands

Yellow Brick Games · 2025-01-28

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

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.

45
playing now
88%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
28h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 40h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,746 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99-70%
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 20 of 31 observed days · $21.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

6372026-08-12 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 20 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 25 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 39 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 53 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 63 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$8.992025-01-282026-08-302025-01-28 — best price $39.992025-03-20 — best price $39.992025-04-15 — best price $29.992025-04-22 — best price $39.992025-04-24 — best price $39.992025-05-07 — best price $39.992025-06-19 — best price $19.992025-07-03 — best price $39.992025-08-07 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $13.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-11-13 — best price $13.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-01-28 — best price $11.992026-02-16 — best price $11.992026-03-05 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-03-30 — best price $11.992026-04-27 — best price $11.992026-05-14 — best price $11.992026-06-11 — best price $39.992026-07-02 — best price $29.992026-08-24 — best price $8.992026-08-28 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

71212026-05-30 — 71 pageviews2026-06-02 — 47 pageviews2026-06-05 — 24 pageviews2026-06-08 — 46 pageviews2026-06-11 — 32 pageviews2026-06-14 — 35 pageviews2026-06-17 — 30 pageviews2026-06-20 — 53 pageviews2026-06-23 — 27 pageviews2026-06-26 — 56 pageviews2026-06-29 — 48 pageviews2026-07-02 — 57 pageviews2026-07-05 — 49 pageviews2026-07-08 — 39 pageviews2026-07-11 — 36 pageviews2026-07-14 — 34 pageviews2026-07-17 — 23 pageviews2026-07-20 — 42 pageviews2026-07-23 — 22 pageviews2026-07-26 — 24 pageviews2026-07-29 — 39 pageviews2026-08-01 — 33 pageviews2026-08-04 — 40 pageviews2026-08-07 — 43 pageviews2026-08-10 — 53 pageviews2026-08-13 — 36 pageviews2026-08-16 — 37 pageviews2026-08-19 — 39 pageviews2026-08-22 — 25 pageviews2026-08-25 — 53 pageviews2026-08-27 — 46 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

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.

Players also track

Immortal: UnchainedBorderlands 3Forgotton AnneGreedFallEternity: The Last UnicornWarhammer: ChaosbaneTorchlight IIIDragon Marked For Death

Similarity via IGDB.

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