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Othercide

Lightbulb Crew · Focus Entertainment · 2020-07-27

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IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 09, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 28, 2020 (Xbox One), Jul 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jul 28, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.

Othercide is an Indie Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 5299 reviews).

5
playing now
82%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (968 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Othercide is a horror-themed tactical role-playing video game developed by French indie developer Lightbulb Crew and published by Focus Home Interactive. It was released for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on July 28, 2020 and for Nintendo Switch on September 10, 2020. It received generally positive reviews.

Trailer

Othercide trailer thumbnail

Othercide - Official Reveal Trailer | PAX East 2020

≈23,634 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 266 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 106k–238k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,299 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-90%
Humble Store$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
Microsoft Store$4.49-85%
GamersGate$4.50-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.95 at GameBillet (2026-03-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 139 of 184 observed days · $0.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
36436420202026Week of 2020-07-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3552026-09-15 13:00 — 24 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 35 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 27 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 22 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 24 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 19 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 20 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
28215Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 282 · peak 1,138Oct 2020 — avg 81 · peak 244Dec 2020 — avg 71 · peak 200Feb 2021 — avg 51 · peak 121Apr 2021 — avg 100 · peak 710Jun 2021 — avg 66 · peak 306Aug 2021 — avg 99 · peak 644Oct 2021 — avg 46 · peak 138Dec 2021 — avg 117 · peak 636Feb 2022 — avg 40 · peak 87Apr 2022 — avg 31 · peak 82Jun 2022 — avg 60 · peak 251Aug 2022 — avg 26 · peak 59Oct 2022 — avg 26 · peak 72Dec 2022 — avg 47 · peak 164Feb 2023 — avg 50 · peak 112Apr 2023 — avg 42 · peak 85Jun 2023 — avg 28 · peak 62Aug 2023 — avg 21 · peak 44Oct 2023 — avg 30 · peak 74Dec 2023 — avg 35 · peak 80Feb 2024 — avg 25 · peak 55Apr 2024 — avg 30 · peak 81Jun 2024 — avg 28 · peak 67Aug 2024 — avg 19 · peak 42Oct 2024 — avg 26 · peak 306Dec 2024 — avg 21 · peak 49Feb 2025 — avg 29 · peak 78Apr 2025 — avg 25 · peak 49Jun 2025 — avg 23 · peak 59Aug 2025 — avg 18 · peak 51Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 36Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 42Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 44Apr 2026 — avg 22 · peak 46Jun 2026 — avg 18 · peak 48Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 39
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.99$2.952020-06-162026-10-152020-06-16 — best price $27.992020-09-03 — best price $34.992020-10-21 — best price $24.492020-12-11 — best price $29.642021-02-04 — best price $30.792021-04-01 — best price $18.892021-05-18 — best price $34.992021-08-18 — best price $20.512021-11-08 — best price $11.992022-01-23 — best price $29.992022-04-18 — best price $29.992022-07-12 — best price $10.202022-09-15 — best price $29.992022-12-09 — best price $25.192023-02-18 — best price $29.992023-05-06 — best price $11.002023-07-13 — best price $8.992023-10-03 — best price $29.992023-11-30 — best price $29.992024-02-19 — best price $6.872024-04-23 — best price $29.992024-07-14 — best price $26.282024-09-23 — best price $29.992024-12-23 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-05-28 — best price $29.992025-08-18 — best price $4.492025-10-28 — best price $4.092026-01-10 — best price $29.992026-03-12 — best price $4.192026-06-11 — best price $29.992026-08-17 — best price $2.992026-09-16 — best price $4.192026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4072026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-02 — 14 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-14 — 23 pageviews2026-06-18 — 11 pageviews2026-06-22 — 8 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-30 — 28 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-16 — 15 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 14 pageviews2026-08-21 — 16 pageviews2026-08-25 — 19 pageviews2026-08-29 — 11 pageviews2026-09-02 — 16 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 29 pageviews2026-09-14 — 40 pageviews2026-09-18 — 34 pageviews2026-09-22 — 20 pageviews2026-09-26 — 19 pageviews2026-09-30 — 18 pageviews2026-10-04 — 19 pageviews2026-10-08 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
83.7%
earned "A New Start"
28.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Korean, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2020-07-27, latest 2021-12-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,6275%26
PS4 (PlayStation)1,70321%27
Xbox One (Xbox)7987%26
Switch (Nintendo)190%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

DarkIndieGothicHorrorStrategyTacticalDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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