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It Returned To The Desert

Tim Rachor · 2023-02-14

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

It Returned To The Desert is a $4.99 Adventure game released in 2023, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Positive (94% of 32 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 34 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 63% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

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

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320232025Week of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
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).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
37.7%
earned "Spring Festival '88"
7.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

1980sRetro1990'sMysteryTacticalAdventureAtmosphericExplorationInvestigationPoint & Click

Census log

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

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