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Inkbound cover art

Inkbound

Shiny Shoe · 2024-04-09

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.

Inkbound is a $29.99 Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG game released in 2024, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (87% of 4025 reviews).

29
playing now
87%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Inkbound is a 2024 turn-based tactics video game where one to four players fight through a series of monster encounters. Encounters are turn-based; on each turn players can move their character up to a certain distance, and receive a certain amount of mana to use on abilities. The game is presented in an isometric view, and each turn players are given perfect information on what actions enemies will take and how much damage they will deal. Each encounter is time-limited by a circle that shrinks each turn.

Trailer

Inkbound trailer thumbnail

Inkbound - Official 1.0 Launch Trailer

≈6,808 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 106 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (535 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 81k–181k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,025 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2025-06-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
44244220232026Week of 2023-05-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

77122026-09-14 22:00 — 37 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 18 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 19 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 40 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 28 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 26 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 37 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 35 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 32 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 35 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 63 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 47 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 32 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 53 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 56 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 42 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 44 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 38 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k34May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 1,083 · peak 1,908Jun 2023 — avg 377 · peak 1,079Jul 2023 — avg 262 · peak 660Aug 2023 — avg 174 · peak 661Sep 2023 — avg 191 · peak 501Oct 2023 — avg 365 · peak 2,517Nov 2023 — avg 674 · peak 1,805Dec 2023 — avg 374 · peak 772Jan 2024 — avg 320 · peak 936Feb 2024 — avg 141 · peak 337Mar 2024 — avg 147 · peak 349Apr 2024 — avg 1,111 · peak 3,165May 2024 — avg 504 · peak 1,110Jun 2024 — avg 270 · peak 651Jul 2024 — avg 316 · peak 697Aug 2024 — avg 217 · peak 464Sep 2024 — avg 118 · peak 248Oct 2024 — avg 194 · peak 505Nov 2024 — avg 172 · peak 387Dec 2024 — avg 154 · peak 415Jan 2025 — avg 103 · peak 249Feb 2025 — avg 73 · peak 197Mar 2025 — avg 84 · peak 156Apr 2025 — avg 101 · peak 266May 2025 — avg 51 · peak 177Jun 2025 — avg 180 · peak 418Jul 2025 — avg 138 · peak 273Aug 2025 — avg 72 · peak 140Sep 2025 — avg 88 · peak 201Oct 2025 — avg 67 · peak 161Nov 2025 — avg 43 · peak 120Dec 2025 — avg 49 · peak 121Jan 2026 — avg 54 · peak 131Feb 2026 — avg 55 · peak 133Mar 2026 — avg 40 · peak 95Apr 2026 — avg 34 · peak 83May 2026 — avg 50 · peak 119Jun 2026 — avg 47 · peak 105Jul 2026 — avg 51 · peak 122Aug 2026 — avg 44 · peak 110
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$7.492023-05-222026-08-062023-05-22 — best price $19.992023-06-28 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-10-27 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $15.992023-12-15 — best price $15.992023-12-21 — best price $15.992024-01-22 — best price $15.992024-02-28 — best price $15.992024-04-03 — best price $29.992024-04-16 — best price $29.992024-05-23 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-08-16 — best price $29.992024-10-07 — best price $29.992024-11-20 — best price $29.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-05 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-04-18 — best price $29.992025-06-14 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-07-25 — best price $29.992025-09-24 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-11-07 — best price $29.992025-12-14 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-02-05 — best price $29.992026-03-16 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-07 — best price $29.992026-06-13 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-06 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2202026-05-29 — 3 pageviews2026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 0 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 22 pageviews2026-06-30 — 6 pageviews2026-07-04 — 5 pageviews2026-07-08 — 3 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-08-01 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1 pageviews2026-09-02 — 2 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 3 pageviews2026-09-14 — 7 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 4 pageviews2026-10-04 — 2 pageviews2026-10-07 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
84.9%
earned "A Whole New World"
8.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only Option4 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2023-10-27, latest 2024-08-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,5131%39

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

PvERPGStrategyLore-RichRogue-likeRogue-liteOnline Co-OpStrategy RPGTactical RPGThird Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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