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HORROR TALES: The Wine cover art

HORROR TALES: The Wine

Carlos Coronado · 2021-07-30

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 24, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jul 30, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Mar 24, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 30, 2021 (Xbox One), Jul 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore a post-pandemic fictional Mediterranean island and confront your fears! Immerse yourself in a seemingly abandoned city and struggle to find a precious Banydebosc red wine bottle to cure your loved ones. But be aware; your Nemesis is hunting you. Indie Jumpscares included! :D

78%
positive of 483 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (82 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 11,634 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.7k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 483 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-75%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2025-06-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 19 of 20 observed days · $13.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
717120212026Week of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$1.792021-07-302026-09-012021-07-30 — best price $11.992021-10-28 — best price $9.742021-12-06 — best price $9.742022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-03-15 — best price $14.992022-04-11 — best price $14.992022-06-16 — best price $14.992022-07-25 — best price $14.992022-08-13 — best price $14.992022-11-01 — best price $16.992022-12-12 — best price $16.992023-01-05 — best price $16.992023-03-10 — best price $5.092023-03-23 — best price $16.992023-06-12 — best price $4.242023-07-13 — best price $16.992023-08-03 — best price $14.992023-09-19 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $16.992024-03-21 — best price $16.992024-04-25 — best price $14.992024-06-04 — best price $14.992024-07-05 — best price $4.492024-07-26 — best price $16.992024-09-02 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $3.592025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-02-11 — best price $11.992025-04-03 — best price $11.992025-06-20 — best price $1.792025-10-06 — best price $11.992026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-06-14 — best price $11.992026-07-28 — best price $11.992026-09-01 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
71.3%
earned "First sea of wine cleared"
24.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)46370%22
Xbox One (Xbox)44351%21
Steam (Steam)40618%21
PS4 (PlayStation)27578%22
PS5 (PlayStation)27171%22
PS4 (PlayStation)18578%22
PS4 (PlayStation)7486%22
PS5 (PlayStation)6592%22
PS4 (PlayStation)4093%22
PS5 (PlayStation)3795%22
Switch (Nintendo)60%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

DarkIndieHorrorStealthViolentAdventureImmersiveLore-RichRealisticStory Rich

Census log

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

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