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Iris and the Giant

Louis Rigaud · Goblinz Publishing · 2020-02-27

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IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 27, 2020 (Mac), Feb 27, 2020 (Linux), Nov 05, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 05, 2020 (Android), Feb 27, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 02, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?

Iris and the Giant is an Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $17.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1331 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
4.35★
PlayStation Store rating (79 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Iris and the Giant is a role-playing strategy video game developed by French designer Louis Rigaud and published by Goblinz Studio, Plug In Digital, Maple Whispering Limited and Mugen Creations. It was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux on 27 February 2020. The game blends RPG and Roguelike, but is mainly a collectible card game. A port for Nintendo Switch was released on 5 November 2020.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (103 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 27k–60k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,331 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99
GOG$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at IndieGala Store (2024-09-12) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 109 of 157 observed days · $16.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
959520202026Week of 2020-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek 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: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
602Mar 2020Aug 2026Mar 2020 — avg 22 · peak 115May 2020 — avg 11 · peak 43Jul 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2021 — avg 5 · peak 22Mar 2021 — avg 37 · peak 85May 2021 — avg 12 · peak 25Jul 2021 — avg 10 · peak 24Sep 2021 — avg 11 · peak 37Nov 2021 — avg 11 · peak 41Jan 2022 — avg 13 · peak 29Mar 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$1.792020-02-272026-10-142020-02-27 — best price $13.982020-05-25 — best price $17.992020-06-29 — best price $15.012020-07-29 — best price $16.192020-09-02 — best price $14.382020-11-06 — best price $17.992020-12-14 — best price $15.192021-01-15 — best price $11.992021-02-18 — best price $11.692021-03-28 — best price $15.192021-05-04 — best price $17.992021-06-09 — best price $8.992021-08-19 — best price $7.712021-11-21 — best price $17.992022-01-17 — best price $15.422022-04-04 — best price $17.992022-07-11 — best price $4.042022-09-23 — best price $5.392022-12-22 — best price $4.042023-02-20 — best price $4.042023-05-29 — best price $5.392023-07-25 — best price $14.162023-09-15 — best price $3.602023-11-03 — best price $3.982024-01-02 — best price $17.992024-02-23 — best price $4.492024-05-21 — best price $17.992024-08-02 — best price $14.282024-10-18 — best price $17.992025-01-11 — best price $17.992025-03-31 — best price $17.992025-06-26 — best price $3.592025-09-29 — best price $3.592025-12-01 — best price $17.992026-02-09 — best price $3.052026-04-30 — best price $4.492026-07-22 — best price $17.992026-09-05 — best price $1.792026-09-30 — best price $3.592026-10-14 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1402026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 1 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1 pageviews2026-06-16 — 0 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-24 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-02 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1 pageviews2026-07-14 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1 pageviews2026-07-22 — 7 pageviews2026-07-26 — 2 pageviews2026-07-30 — 0 pageviews2026-08-03 — 4 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1 pageviews2026-08-23 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 9 pageviews2026-08-31 — 1 pageviews2026-09-04 — 5 pageviews2026-09-08 — 2 pageviews2026-09-12 — 6 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-20 — 2 pageviews2026-09-24 — 8 pageviews2026-09-28 — 5 pageviews2026-10-02 — 6 pageviews2026-10-06 — 6 pageviews2026-10-09 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
46.5%
earned "Tiny Lightning"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-03-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,92712%16
Xbox One (Xbox)6935%16
PS4 (PlayStation)5645%17
PS4 (PlayStation)5545%17
Switch (Nintendo)130%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGMysteryStrategyCard GameRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedCard BattlerDeckbuilding

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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