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Forspoken cover art

Forspoken

Square Enix · 2023-01-24

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 24, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jan 24, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Forspoken follows the journey of Frey, a young New Yorker transported to the beautiful and cruel land of Athia. In search of a way home, Frey must use her newfound magical abilities to traverse sprawling landscapes and battle monstrous creatures.

17
playing now
63%
positive of 8.5k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
48h
to beat · completionist 70h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$69.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Forspoken is a 2023 action role-playing game developed by Luminous Productions and published by Square Enix. The game focuses on fast and fluid terrain traversal, with an open world that allows free exploration. Players control Frey, a young woman transported from New York City to the fantasy world of Athia, where she uses magic to survive and find a way home. Athia is ruled by the tyrannical Tantas.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 196 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,537 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 171k–384k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,544 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$69.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $20.99 at Steam (2024-09-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 22 of 46 observed days · $49.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20232026Week of 2023-01-01: 1,501 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,036 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

53102026-08-07 00:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 50 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 29 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 39 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 28 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 41 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 33 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 25 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$69.99$20.992021-12-102026-08-272021-12-10 — best price $69.992023-03-29 — best price $69.992023-05-03 — best price $46.892023-05-12 — best price $69.992023-07-26 — best price $69.992023-09-12 — best price $34.992023-09-26 — best price $69.992023-11-28 — best price $69.992023-12-15 — best price $28.002024-01-10 — best price $69.992024-03-14 — best price $27.992024-03-25 — best price $69.992024-04-28 — best price $27.992024-05-08 — best price $69.992024-06-27 — best price $27.992024-07-24 — best price $69.992024-08-10 — best price $69.992024-10-01 — best price $69.992024-11-19 — best price $20.992024-12-04 — best price $69.992024-12-20 — best price $21.002025-01-15 — best price $20.992025-02-06 — best price $21.002025-03-14 — best price $20.992025-03-28 — best price $69.992025-05-07 — best price $69.992025-07-10 — best price $20.992025-07-31 — best price $69.992025-10-03 — best price $69.992025-11-18 — best price $20.992025-12-04 — best price $69.992025-12-31 — best price $69.992026-01-22 — best price $20.992026-02-16 — best price $21.002026-03-23 — best price $21.002026-04-27 — best price $21.002026-05-14 — best price $69.992026-07-09 — best price $69.992026-08-04 — best price $20.992026-08-27 — best price $69.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.0k1692026-05-29 — 214 pageviews2026-06-01 — 199 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,033 pageviews2026-06-07 — 410 pageviews2026-06-10 — 359 pageviews2026-06-13 — 277 pageviews2026-06-16 — 330 pageviews2026-06-19 — 225 pageviews2026-06-22 — 290 pageviews2026-06-25 — 283 pageviews2026-06-28 — 260 pageviews2026-07-01 — 220 pageviews2026-07-04 — 254 pageviews2026-07-07 — 235 pageviews2026-07-10 — 269 pageviews2026-07-13 — 284 pageviews2026-07-16 — 307 pageviews2026-07-19 — 267 pageviews2026-07-22 — 200 pageviews2026-07-25 — 243 pageviews2026-07-28 — 294 pageviews2026-07-31 — 182 pageviews2026-08-03 — 231 pageviews2026-08-06 — 241 pageviews2026-08-09 — 469 pageviews2026-08-12 — 205 pageviews2026-08-15 — 265 pageviews2026-08-18 — 304 pageviews2026-08-21 — 232 pageviews2026-08-24 — 279 pageviews2026-08-26 — 243 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
92.2%
earned "Attachments"
25.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor Alternatives#category_contrast_controlsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)28,8898%62
Steam (Steam)3,1417%53
Windows (Xbox)23713%53

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

Player tags

RPGDarkMagicActionFantasyParkourAdventureLore-RichAction RPGOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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