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Nine Parchments cover art

Nine Parchments

Frozenbyte · 2017-12-05

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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!

16
playing now
77%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 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 16% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 118k–284k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,734 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at IndieGala Store (2025-04-08) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 99 of 146 observed days · $18.00 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

5802026-08-06 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 58 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 41 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 33 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 20 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 38 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 32 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 41 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 35 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 22 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992017-12-052026-08-302017-12-05 — best price $19.992018-06-04 — best price $9.992018-10-30 — best price $4.992019-04-01 — best price $4.992019-07-25 — best price $19.992019-11-28 — best price $4.992020-03-09 — best price $4.992020-08-03 — best price $4.992020-11-17 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-07-26 — best price $4.992021-12-04 — best price $19.992022-03-21 — best price $4.992022-07-18 — best price $19.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992023-02-21 — best price $19.992023-07-07 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-02-22 — best price $19.992024-05-27 — best price $4.792024-07-26 — best price $19.992024-09-23 — best price $2.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-06 — best price $4.402025-01-21 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $3.202025-04-30 — best price $4.002025-06-06 — best price $3.802025-07-29 — best price $19.992025-09-12 — best price $4.402025-10-20 — best price $19.992025-12-05 — best price $3.992026-01-19 — best price $3.992026-02-24 — best price $19.992026-03-28 — best price $19.992026-05-06 — best price $3.992026-06-15 — best price $13.942026-08-01 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5142026-05-30 — 11 pageviews2026-06-02 — 15 pageviews2026-06-05 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 13 pageviews2026-06-11 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 16 pageviews2026-06-17 — 19 pageviews2026-06-20 — 19 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 19 pageviews2026-07-02 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 22 pageviews2026-07-08 — 23 pageviews2026-07-11 — 16 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-17 — 12 pageviews2026-07-20 — 22 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-26 — 18 pageviews2026-07-29 — 12 pageviews2026-08-01 — 17 pageviews2026-08-04 — 17 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-16 — 19 pageviews2026-08-19 — 15 pageviews2026-08-22 — 20 pageviews2026-08-25 — 25 pageviews2026-08-27 — 13 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

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.

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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