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HORROR TALES: The Beggar

CarlosGameDev · 2024-06-17

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 17, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jun 17, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jun 17, 2024 (Xbox One), Jun 17, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Control space-time to fight an evil monster in this terror and science fiction journey set in a shattered but beautiful world. Bend physics, the sky and the earth itself in engaging boss-fight encounters with the full power of Unreal Engine 5 and Nvidia DLSS.

84%
positive of 133 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (85 reviews).
  • · Top 63% of 11,634 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 133 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-75%
Microsoft Store$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 19 of 20 observed days · $14.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
818120242026Week of 2024-06-17: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-06-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$2.392024-06-172026-09-012024-06-17 — best price $10.192024-07-27 — best price $11.992024-09-02 — best price $11.992024-11-04 — best price $11.992024-12-04 — best price $7.672024-12-20 — best price $7.072025-01-28 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $6.592025-04-03 — best price $11.992025-05-21 — best price $11.992025-06-27 — best price $4.192025-10-01 — best price $4.792025-10-27 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.392026-02-17 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-04-17 — best price $2.992026-05-31 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-07-14 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-09-01 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Catalan, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal

Player tags

DarkCombatHorrorStealthSurrealAdventureImmersiveRealisticAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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