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Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse

Frontside 180 · Pocketpair Publishing · 2026-03-04

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 05, 2026 (PlayStation 4), Mar 05, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Mar 05, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 05, 2026 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 05, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

A Metroidvania x Roguelite where you journey with the aid of a cursed hat. Use a variety of magic or possess your enemies to reach the lowest levels! Bring back loot, build new facilities in your village, make a living and strengthen yourself for the next battle! Supports up to 4-player multiplayer.

73%
positive of 653 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
84/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$13.59
steam price (US)
Never Grave: The Witch and the Curse is a Roguelike metroidvania game developed by Frontside 180 and published by Pocketpair. It was released on March 5, 2026.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (317 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 11,979 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 653 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.59 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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20220220262026Week of 2026-03-04: 202 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 115 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-02: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud2 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series (Xbox)3116%41

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