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Fatum Betula cover art

Fatum Betula

Bryce Bucher · 2020-06-20

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 20, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 12, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.

Fatum Betula is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 1183 reviews).

3
playing now
96%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Fatum Betula is a 2020 video game by Texas-based independent developer Bryce Bucher. Described as an "atmospheric exploration game with light puzzle elements", the game is an open-ended adventure game inspired by the aesthetics of fifth generation video game consoles. The game was included in the 2020 horror game compilation Haunted PS1 Demo Disc by Irish developer Breogán Hackett. Following its release on Windows, Baltoro Games ported the game for release on the Nintendo Switch in 2021 and the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles in 2022.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 174 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,183 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-06-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620202026Week of 2020-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$1.992020-06-202026-10-092020-06-20 — best price $7.992021-01-05 — best price $7.992021-02-08 — best price $7.992021-07-08 — best price $7.992021-09-20 — best price $4.192021-10-28 — best price $2.992022-02-28 — best price $5.392022-06-23 — best price $4.792022-08-22 — best price $4.792022-11-22 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-02-27 — best price $4.492023-04-17 — best price $4.192023-06-29 — best price $3.592023-07-18 — best price $4.992023-11-02 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-02-19 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-08-26 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-22 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $3.342026-08-28 — best price $3.492026-09-11 — best price $4.992026-09-25 — best price $4.992026-10-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3352026-05-30 — 13 pageviews2026-06-03 — 15 pageviews2026-06-07 — 14 pageviews2026-06-11 — 22 pageviews2026-06-15 — 15 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-23 — 15 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-01 — 19 pageviews2026-07-05 — 29 pageviews2026-07-09 — 22 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-17 — 28 pageviews2026-07-21 — 27 pageviews2026-07-25 — 14 pageviews2026-07-29 — 14 pageviews2026-08-02 — 24 pageviews2026-08-06 — 23 pageviews2026-08-10 — 8 pageviews2026-08-14 — 12 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-22 — 8 pageviews2026-08-26 — 19 pageviews2026-08-30 — 21 pageviews2026-09-03 — 15 pageviews2026-09-07 — 24 pageviews2026-09-11 — 11 pageviews2026-09-15 — 10 pageviews2026-09-19 — 12 pageviews2026-09-23 — 7 pageviews2026-09-27 — 17 pageviews2026-10-01 — 17 pageviews2026-10-05 — 28 pageviews2026-10-09 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
53.5%
earned "Parasites"
39.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)78649%14
Xbox One (Xbox)77382%14
Switch (Nintendo)1620%0

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

Player tags

IndieRetroCasualHorrorPuzzleSurrealAdventureOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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