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It Returned To The Desert

Tim Rachor · 2023-02-14

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Unique mix of turn-based tactics and adventure game. Defend the town of Glint Rock against radioactive giant ants! Convince the townsfolk to join your party in a non-linear campaign with high replay value. Discover all the little secrets and stories in the lively town of Glint Rock.

0
playing now
94%
positive of 32 reviews
Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 83% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992023-02-152026-08-102023-02-15 — best price $8.992023-03-27 — best price $4.992023-05-08 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-08-28 — best price $4.992023-10-09 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992023-12-10 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-01-22 — best price $4.992024-03-04 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-04-15 — best price $4.992024-05-27 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-08-05 — best price $4.992024-09-16 — best price $4.992024-11-11 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-01-27 — best price $4.992025-03-10 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-04-10 — best price $4.992025-06-02 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-07-21 — best price $4.992025-09-08 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-10-20 — best price $4.992025-12-01 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-01-19 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-13 — best price $4.992026-05-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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Player tags

1980sRetro1990'sMysteryTacticalAdventureAtmosphericExplorationInvestigationPoint & Click

Census log

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