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Infernax

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

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Infernax is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2022, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners, priced at $19.99, with Very Positive (93% of 2258 reviews).

7
playing now
93%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
4.77★
PlayStation Store rating (601 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 30h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 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
  • · 7 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 10% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 45k–102k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,263 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 17 observed days · $10.00 above the all-time low (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

3542026-09-15 00:00 — 15 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 35 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 21 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3098Feb 2022Aug 2026Feb 2022 — avg 309 · peak 639Apr 2022 — avg 37 · peak 85Jun 2022 — avg 22 · peak 58Aug 2022 — avg 17 · peak 49Oct 2022 — avg 17 · peak 84Dec 2022 — avg 29 · peak 125Feb 2023 — avg 15 · peak 46Apr 2023 — avg 60 · peak 151Jun 2023 — avg 13 · peak 42Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 25Oct 2023 — avg 15 · peak 60Dec 2023 — avg 17 · peak 48Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 37Apr 2024 — avg 15 · peak 61Jun 2024 — avg 13 · peak 36Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Oct 2024 — avg 13 · peak 31Dec 2024 — avg 15 · peak 39Feb 2025 — avg 30 · peak 105Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 31Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 36Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 35Dec 2025 — avg 16 · peak 39Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21Jun 2026 — avg 13 · peak 47Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 29
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992022-02-142026-10-142022-02-14 — 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 $19.992026-09-02 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

152132026-05-27 — 20 pageviews2026-05-31 — 37 pageviews2026-06-04 — 41 pageviews2026-06-08 — 69 pageviews2026-06-12 — 46 pageviews2026-06-16 — 39 pageviews2026-06-20 — 44 pageviews2026-06-24 — 152 pageviews2026-06-28 — 49 pageviews2026-07-02 — 39 pageviews2026-07-06 — 26 pageviews2026-07-10 — 34 pageviews2026-07-14 — 23 pageviews2026-07-18 — 34 pageviews2026-07-22 — 29 pageviews2026-07-26 — 26 pageviews2026-07-30 — 24 pageviews2026-08-03 — 28 pageviews2026-08-07 — 17 pageviews2026-08-11 — 24 pageviews2026-08-15 — 19 pageviews2026-08-19 — 26 pageviews2026-08-23 — 27 pageviews2026-08-27 — 27 pageviews2026-08-31 — 30 pageviews2026-09-04 — 35 pageviews2026-09-08 — 30 pageviews2026-09-12 — 23 pageviews2026-09-16 — 27 pageviews2026-09-20 — 32 pageviews2026-09-24 — 13 pageviews2026-09-28 — 32 pageviews2026-10-02 — 15 pageviews2026-10-06 — 21 pageviews2026-10-10 — 31 pageviews2026-10-13 — 17 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-02-14 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGDarkGoreIndieRetroActionFantasyViolentAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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