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Necrobarista cover art

Necrobarista

Route 59 · 2020-07-22

SteamGOG

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: TBD (PlayStation 4), Jul 22, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 17, 2020 (iOS)

In a back-alley cafe, the dead are granted one last night to mingle with the living. Necrobarista follows a dynamic and diverse cast of characters as they navigate Melbourne's hipstery coffee culture, the questionable ethics of necromancy, and the process of letting go.

1
playing now
82%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Necrobarista is a 2020 visual novel game developed by Australian development studio Route 59. The player follows a cast of characters around a Melbourne back-alley coffeehouse staffed by necromancers, named the 'Terminal'. In the Terminal, the souls of the recently departed are given a final 24 hours to reside in the world alongside the living.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 20% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,473 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 3 of 8 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-12 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992020-07-222026-08-302020-07-22 — best price $16.992020-09-21 — best price $17.992020-10-29 — best price $14.992020-11-07 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $15.992020-12-22 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $14.992021-03-22 — best price $14.992021-04-23 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $14.992021-09-30 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $13.992021-11-24 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $11.992022-01-27 — best price $6.792022-07-08 — best price $6.792022-08-22 — best price $6.792022-10-25 — best price $9.992022-11-01 — best price $19.992023-01-20 — best price $6.792023-09-18 — best price $13.992023-10-26 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $13.992023-12-21 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-10-28 — best price $6.792024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-02-10 — best price $6.792025-07-02 — best price $3.992025-10-27 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2322026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-03 — 12 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-09 — 2 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 6 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-27 — 10 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-15 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 4 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
92%
earned "Prologue"
22.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,54233%11
Switch (Nintendo)160%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

3DCuteAnimeIndieCasualComedyStylizedBeautifulStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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