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Othercide

Lightbulb Crew · Focus Entertainment · 2020-07-27

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IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

11
playing now
82%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 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 9% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 106k–238k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,279 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-90%
Humble Store$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 106 of 156 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

2942026-08-07 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 18 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 28 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$2.952020-06-162026-08-302020-06-16 — best price $27.992020-08-26 — best price $31.382020-10-07 — best price $31.382020-11-17 — best price $34.992021-01-06 — best price $34.992021-02-15 — best price $34.992021-04-01 — best price $18.892021-05-10 — best price $20.992021-07-01 — best price $29.642021-10-01 — best price $25.192021-12-03 — best price $26.692022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-04-18 — best price $29.992022-06-21 — best price $29.992022-08-20 — best price $26.282022-11-16 — best price $11.992022-12-30 — best price $29.992023-03-03 — best price $10.322023-05-06 — best price $11.002023-06-27 — best price $29.992023-09-05 — best price $29.992023-11-02 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-02-25 — best price $26.692024-04-23 — best price $29.992024-06-22 — best price $26.692024-08-19 — best price $5.852024-11-22 — best price $3.822025-01-17 — best price $4.492025-03-27 — best price $24.892025-05-28 — best price $29.992025-08-05 — best price $28.492025-09-30 — best price $4.502025-12-03 — best price $25.892026-02-01 — best price $25.892026-03-19 — best price $2.952026-06-11 — best price $29.992026-08-11 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2972026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-01 — 11 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-07 — 19 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 23 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 8 pageviews2026-06-25 — 21 pageviews2026-06-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 15 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 14 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-31 — 15 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 21 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-21 — 16 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-26 — 13 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

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.

Player tags

DarkIndieGothicHorrorStrategyTacticalDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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