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PERISH

ITEM42 · HandyGames · 2023-02-02

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 15, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Feb 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 15, 2024 (Xbox One), Apr 15, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 15, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

PERISH is a stylish 1-4 player FPS with a cross to bear. Slay hordes of creatures on the black sands of Purgatory and sell their gold-stained corpses to craven priests. Kill magnificent bosses and use the proceeds to gain entrance to Elysium, a place of cosmic revelations.

PERISH is an Action and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (71% of 560 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 560 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

You are amyetri, a soul that failed to perform the Orphic rites and therefore condemned to spend eternity trapped in a corporeal body. The only way you can achieve salvation is to suffer the Twelve Tasks of Purgatory. By undertaking these trials, you will relive the suffering of the Olympian god Dionysus. If you come out the other end unscathed, you will have proven yourself worthy of the company of Orpheus, who will finally permit you to enter Elysium at his everlasting side. If you fail the Twelve Tasks of Purgatory, you will end up back at the Pantheon, forced to undertake the trials fro(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (263 reviews).
  • · Top 43% of 10,950 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 560 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.34 at GamesPlanet US (2026-05-07) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 76 of 119 observed days · $5.65 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18018020232026Week of 2023-02-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.402023-01-182026-08-302023-01-18 — best price $16.992023-02-21 — best price $16.792023-05-01 — best price $16.572023-07-03 — best price $17.972023-08-10 — best price $13.192023-10-02 — best price $15.992023-11-01 — best price $15.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-01-18 — best price $13.992024-02-22 — best price $19.992024-04-05 — best price $16.992024-05-05 — best price $16.992024-06-13 — best price $19.992024-08-07 — best price $17.402024-09-10 — best price $19.992024-10-24 — best price $11.082024-11-15 — best price $19.992024-12-26 — best price $12.992025-02-03 — best price $19.992025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-05-19 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-07 — best price $9.992025-08-31 — best price $15.972025-09-24 — best price $11.042025-11-07 — best price $15.972025-11-25 — best price $9.282025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-02-05 — best price $19.992026-04-14 — best price $19.992026-05-14 — best price $7.422026-06-18 — best price $4.992026-07-16 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
85.7%
earned "To Suffer is to Learn"
33.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5312%67
Xbox One (Xbox)4136%63
PS5 (PlayStation)1429%64
PS4 (PlayStation)2129%64

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

Player tags

FPSPvEGoreCo-opIndieActionDemonsMatureShooterViolent

Census log

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

Recent updates

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