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Nine Parchments cover art

Nine Parchments

Frozenbyte · 2017-12-05

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 07, 2018 (Xbox One), Dec 05, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 05, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 12, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast'em up game of magic mayhem from Frozenbyte, creators of the Trine series!

Nine Parchments is an Action, RPG game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 4749 reviews).

25
playing now
77%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
4.13★
PlayStation Store rating (639 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Nine Parchments is a twin stick action role-playing game developed and published by Frozenbyte. The game was released for Nintendo Switch, Windows, and PlayStation 4 in 2017, and for Xbox One in 2018. The game's story revolves around students of the Astral Academy searching for the missing nine parchments.

Trailer

Nine Parchments trailer thumbnail

Nine Parchments - Trailer (Nintendo Switch)

≈923,737 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 156 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 119k–285k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,749 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at IndieGala Store (2025-04-08) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 118 of 173 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20420420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6942026-09-15 13:00 — 69 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 54 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 41 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 17 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 25 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 34 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 39 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 30 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 42 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 53 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1601Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Apr 2017 — avg 2 · peak 13Aug 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Dec 2017 — avg 53 · peak 166Apr 2018 — avg 94 · peak 564Aug 2018 — avg 35 · peak 126Dec 2018 — avg 71 · peak 215Apr 2019 — avg 47 · peak 185Aug 2019 — avg 36 · peak 95Dec 2019 — avg 58 · peak 168Apr 2020 — avg 124 · peak 299Aug 2020 — avg 39 · peak 102Dec 2020 — avg 63 · peak 218Apr 2021 — avg 60 · peak 173Aug 2021 — avg 41 · peak 109Dec 2021 — avg 46 · peak 121Apr 2022 — avg 53 · peak 214Aug 2022 — avg 34 · peak 136Dec 2022 — avg 70 · peak 362Apr 2023 — avg 46 · peak 165Aug 2023 — avg 28 · peak 111Dec 2023 — avg 50 · peak 177Apr 2024 — avg 39 · peak 150Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 108Dec 2024 — avg 39 · peak 105Apr 2025 — avg 36 · peak 142Aug 2025 — avg 45 · peak 175Dec 2025 — avg 35 · peak 115Apr 2026 — avg 26 · peak 101Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 87
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992017-12-052026-10-142017-12-05 — best price $19.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992019-01-10 — best price $4.992019-07-08 — best price $19.992019-11-28 — best price $4.992020-03-31 — best price $4.992020-10-13 — best price $19.992021-01-14 — best price $4.992021-07-26 — best price $4.992021-12-24 — best price $4.992022-06-13 — best price $19.992022-09-26 — best price $19.992023-02-21 — best price $19.992023-08-04 — best price $4.992024-01-18 — best price $4.992024-04-18 — best price $19.992024-07-26 — best price $19.992024-10-01 — best price $19.992024-11-22 — best price $3.392025-01-14 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $3.202025-05-09 — best price $3.992025-07-08 — best price $4.002025-08-27 — best price $4.192025-10-20 — best price $19.992025-12-17 — best price $3.992026-02-04 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-05-06 — best price $3.992026-07-08 — best price $1.992026-08-20 — best price $19.992026-09-13 — best price $3.992026-10-03 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5662026-05-30 — 11 pageviews2026-06-03 — 9 pageviews2026-06-07 — 32 pageviews2026-06-11 — 20 pageviews2026-06-15 — 9 pageviews2026-06-19 — 17 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-01 — 13 pageviews2026-07-05 — 22 pageviews2026-07-09 — 16 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 12 pageviews2026-07-21 — 15 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-29 — 12 pageviews2026-08-02 — 18 pageviews2026-08-06 — 16 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 19 pageviews2026-08-22 — 20 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 pageviews2026-08-30 — 18 pageviews2026-09-03 — 19 pageviews2026-09-07 — 19 pageviews2026-09-11 — 11 pageviews2026-09-15 — 12 pageviews2026-09-19 — 11 pageviews2026-09-23 — 36 pageviews2026-09-27 — 56 pageviews2026-10-01 — 10 pageviews2026-10-05 — 13 pageviews2026-10-09 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "The Staff Meeting"
24.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,1645%54
Xbox One (Xbox)9715%39
Switch (Nintendo)1570%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieMagicActionFantasyColorfulTop-DownIsometricAction RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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