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Infernax cover art

Infernax

Berzerk Studio · The Arcade Crew · 2022-02-14

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Feb 14, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 14, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Feb 14, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Feb 14, 2022 (Xbox One), Feb 14, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.

9
playing now
93%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 30h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Infernax is a 2D Metroidvania video game developed by Berzerk Studio and published by The Arcade Crew. It was released on February 14, 2022, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The game follows the young Duke Alcedor, who finds his homeland of Upel overrun by monsters upon returning from the Crusades. Infernax received generally favorable reviews. An update to the game, Deux or Die, was released on April 5, 2023, in which another player can join in as Cervul the Squire.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 138 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (444 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 45k–101k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,247 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41041020222026Week of 2022-02-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1822026-08-11 18:00 — 14 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992022-02-142026-08-262022-02-14 — best price $17.992022-02-24 — best price $19.992022-05-09 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-08-29 — best price $19.992022-11-01 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-04-19 — best price $19.992023-06-27 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-19 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-27 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-10-02 — best price $19.992024-11-11 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-21 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-25 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-16 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-27 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

152132026-05-27 — 20 pageviews2026-05-30 — 33 pageviews2026-06-02 — 40 pageviews2026-06-05 — 44 pageviews2026-06-08 — 69 pageviews2026-06-11 — 41 pageviews2026-06-14 — 46 pageviews2026-06-17 — 26 pageviews2026-06-20 — 44 pageviews2026-06-23 — 37 pageviews2026-06-26 — 50 pageviews2026-06-29 — 39 pageviews2026-07-02 — 39 pageviews2026-07-05 — 51 pageviews2026-07-08 — 27 pageviews2026-07-11 — 30 pageviews2026-07-14 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 28 pageviews2026-07-20 — 38 pageviews2026-07-23 — 23 pageviews2026-07-26 — 26 pageviews2026-07-29 — 37 pageviews2026-08-01 — 15 pageviews2026-08-04 — 23 pageviews2026-08-07 — 17 pageviews2026-08-10 — 28 pageviews2026-08-13 — 25 pageviews2026-08-16 — 21 pageviews2026-08-19 — 26 pageviews2026-08-22 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 36 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
67.4%
earned "Master of the Pit"
23%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play Together1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3,9623%42
Steam (Steam)1,3966%42
PS4 (PlayStation)1,01615%43
Switch (Nintendo)470%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGDarkGoreIndieRetroActionFantasyViolentAdventure

Census log

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

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