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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)

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.

45
playing now
87%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$29.99
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 45 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 18% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 80k–181k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,023 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 12 of 24 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

97212026-08-07 00:00 — 68 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 40 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 66 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 41 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 66 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 43 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 44 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 63 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 63 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 65 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 63 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 48 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 45 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 45 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 51 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 30 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 31 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 44 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 42 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 39 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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 pageviews2026-06-01 — 4 pageviews2026-06-04 — 3 pageviews2026-06-07 — 5 pageviews2026-06-10 — 0 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2 pageviews2026-06-19 — 0 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-04 — 5 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 6 pageviews2026-07-13 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1 pageviews2026-07-19 — 0 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-18 — 2 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 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

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.

Player tags

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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