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Passageway of the Ancients

Passageway Games · 2024-10-16

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 16, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 16, 2024 (Linux)

Inspired by classic CRPGs from the ’90s and early 2000s, Passageway of the Ancients transports players to the world of Aieryon – the galaxy’s sole remaining magical planet – where they explore the city of Ithgar to solve their parents’ murder.

Passageway of the Ancients is a $7.99 Adventure, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2024, with a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 18 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
61%
positive of 18 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$7.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 82% of 28,764 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 4 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520242026Week of 2024-10-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992024-10-162026-07-092024-10-16 — best price $14.992024-10-30 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $13.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-14 — best price $13.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992025-12-30 — best price $4.952026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $4.952026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
32.9%
earned "Completed the Gatehouse"
1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGCRPGMagicFantasyStrategyIsometricLore-RichAction RPGStory RichClass-Based

Census log

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

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