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Griftlands

Klei Entertainment · 2021-06-01

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Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 01, 2021 (Mac), Jun 04, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 01, 2021 (Linux), Jun 04, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 11, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 04, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.

36
playing now
94%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
12h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

36 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Griftlands is a 2021 roguelike deck-building video game developed and published by Klei Entertainment. It was initially released in early access for Microsoft Windows in June 2019; the full version of the game was released for Windows, Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2021.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 36 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 229 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,227 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 289k–651k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,457 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.79 at Steam (2025-06-12) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 18 observed days · $13.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.1k3.1k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 3,133 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 998 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 928 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,456 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

73252026-08-06 22:00 — 46 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 65 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 52 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 42 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 64 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 51 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 73 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 51 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 36 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 32 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 38 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 52 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 37 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 39 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 61 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 49 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 45 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 44 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 42 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 44 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 55 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 32 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 44 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 49 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 36 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.792019-06-142026-08-272019-06-14 — best price $14.992020-04-23 — best price $14.992020-09-10 — best price $16.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $15.992020-12-17 — best price $15.992021-02-04 — best price $15.992021-03-25 — best price $15.992021-06-15 — best price $19.992021-08-05 — best price $19.992021-10-25 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $13.392021-12-22 — best price $13.392022-01-17 — best price $19.992022-03-24 — best price $13.392022-06-06 — best price $19.992022-07-14 — best price $13.392022-10-18 — best price $13.392022-12-08 — best price $13.392023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $10.992023-05-06 — best price $10.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-23 — best price $19.992024-04-01 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-08 — best price $19.992026-02-19 — best price $19.992026-05-11 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

48112026-05-29 — 26 pageviews2026-06-01 — 23 pageviews2026-06-04 — 24 pageviews2026-06-07 — 24 pageviews2026-06-10 — 35 pageviews2026-06-13 — 29 pageviews2026-06-16 — 34 pageviews2026-06-19 — 22 pageviews2026-06-22 — 32 pageviews2026-06-25 — 34 pageviews2026-06-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-01 — 16 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 24 pageviews2026-07-10 — 15 pageviews2026-07-13 — 29 pageviews2026-07-16 — 20 pageviews2026-07-19 — 32 pageviews2026-07-22 — 25 pageviews2026-07-25 — 30 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 30 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 30 pageviews2026-08-12 — 24 pageviews2026-08-15 — 27 pageviews2026-08-18 — 25 pageviews2026-08-21 — 30 pageviews2026-08-24 — 29 pageviews2026-08-25 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
4.5%
earned "Machinist"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,06211%13
PS4 (PlayStation)6731%13
Switch (Nintendo)390%0
Xbox One (Xbox)2218%13

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

Player tags

2DRPGStrategyCard GameComic BookDark HumorRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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