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Forspoken cover art

Forspoken

Square Enix · 2023-01-24

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Forspoken is an Action, Adventure, RPG game released in 2023, priced at $69.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 8552 reviews).

17
playing now
63%
positive of 8.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
27
Nexus mods (17k downloads)
3.45★
PlayStation Store rating (19,806 ratings)
48h
to beat · completionist 70h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Forspoken trailer thumbnail

Forspoken - PlayStation Showcase 2021: Story Introduction Trailer | PS5

≈387,690 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

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 5% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 171k–385k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,552 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 23 of 47 observed days (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

4772026-09-15 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 44 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 23 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 31 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 35 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 29 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 24 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 22 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 22 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 44 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 32 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 21 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 27 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 38 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 18 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.2k19Jan 2023Aug 2026Jan 2023 — avg 5,203 · peak 9,824Mar 2023 — avg 238 · peak 655May 2023 — avg 117 · peak 272Jul 2023 — avg 151 · peak 394Sep 2023 — avg 62 · peak 159Nov 2023 — avg 73 · peak 299Jan 2024 — avg 100 · peak 286Mar 2024 — avg 61 · peak 172May 2024 — avg 52 · peak 153Jul 2024 — avg 40 · peak 101Sep 2024 — avg 53 · peak 175Nov 2024 — avg 31 · peak 104Jan 2025 — avg 60 · peak 143Mar 2025 — avg 49 · peak 119May 2025 — avg 42 · peak 105Jul 2025 — avg 32 · peak 73Sep 2025 — avg 31 · peak 110Nov 2025 — avg 32 · peak 75Jan 2026 — avg 35 · peak 81Mar 2026 — avg 36 · peak 122May 2026 — avg 25 · peak 63Jul 2026 — avg 21 · peak 64Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 56
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$69.99$20.992021-12-102026-10-082021-12-10 — best price $69.992023-04-03 — best price $69.992023-05-08 — best price $69.992023-07-20 — best price $34.992023-09-12 — best price $34.992023-10-03 — best price $69.992023-12-13 — best price $27.992024-01-06 — best price $69.992024-03-14 — best price $27.992024-04-04 — best price $69.992024-05-06 — best price $27.992024-05-20 — best price $69.992024-07-24 — best price $69.992024-09-16 — best price $20.992024-11-01 — best price $20.992024-12-03 — best price $69.992024-12-20 — best price $21.002025-01-27 — best price $20.992025-02-14 — best price $69.992025-03-27 — best price $69.992025-05-07 — best price $69.992025-07-12 — best price $69.992025-09-25 — best price $21.002025-11-17 — best price $69.992025-12-04 — best price $69.992026-01-05 — best price $69.992026-02-04 — best price $69.992026-03-18 — best price $20.992026-04-27 — best price $21.002026-05-18 — best price $69.992026-07-16 — best price $20.992026-09-03 — best price $69.992026-10-08 — best price $69.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.0k1692026-05-29 — 214 pageviews2026-06-02 — 340 pageviews2026-06-06 — 551 pageviews2026-06-10 — 359 pageviews2026-06-14 — 296 pageviews2026-06-18 — 325 pageviews2026-06-22 — 290 pageviews2026-06-26 — 253 pageviews2026-06-30 — 227 pageviews2026-07-04 — 254 pageviews2026-07-08 — 288 pageviews2026-07-12 — 249 pageviews2026-07-16 — 307 pageviews2026-07-20 — 216 pageviews2026-07-24 — 198 pageviews2026-07-28 — 294 pageviews2026-08-01 — 169 pageviews2026-08-05 — 287 pageviews2026-08-09 — 469 pageviews2026-08-13 — 222 pageviews2026-08-17 — 219 pageviews2026-08-21 — 232 pageviews2026-08-25 — 281 pageviews2026-08-29 — 231 pageviews2026-09-02 — 211 pageviews2026-09-06 — 241 pageviews2026-09-10 — 280 pageviews2026-09-14 — 388 pageviews2026-09-18 — 279 pageviews2026-09-22 — 256 pageviews2026-09-26 — 251 pageviews2026-09-30 — 402 pageviews2026-10-04 — 192 pageviews2026-10-08 — 210 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…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-01-24, latest 2023-05-26 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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