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GHOSTWARE: Arena of the Dead

Daev Team · Mothership Loudspeakerz · 2024-06-10

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 12, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An unique blend of retro-fps, metroidvania and adventure. Escape the cyber afterlife you've been trapped into, hop between realities and shoot your way out with the help of your new allies. But are they really your friends? The Arena conspiracy goes deeper than you could possibly imagine...

76%
positive of 196 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$18.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 25,582 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–8.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 196 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$18.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.49 at Steam (2026-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 12 of 22 observed days · $9.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520232026Week of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$18.99$9.492023-04-122026-10-082023-04-12 — best price $12.742023-05-22 — best price $11.992023-06-29 — best price $11.992023-07-31 — best price $11.992023-09-18 — best price $11.992023-10-26 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $11.992024-01-22 — best price $11.992024-03-04 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-04-15 — best price $11.992024-06-10 — best price $13.492024-08-05 — best price $11.992024-09-16 — best price $11.242024-10-28 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $11.242024-12-19 — best price $10.492025-01-06 — best price $11.992025-02-17 — best price $11.242025-03-13 — best price $10.492025-04-14 — best price $11.992025-05-26 — best price $11.992025-06-27 — best price $9.742025-08-18 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $11.242025-10-27 — best price $10.492025-11-05 — best price $18.992026-01-05 — best price $14.242026-02-23 — best price $15.192026-03-19 — best price $12.342026-04-06 — best price $15.192026-05-18 — best price $15.192026-06-25 — best price $13.292026-07-13 — best price $15.192026-08-24 — best price $14.242026-10-01 — best price $9.492026-10-08 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DFPSDark1990'sActionHorrorSci-fiShooterStylizedDark Humor

Census log

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

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