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Promethium

Xiotex Studios Ltd · Thalamus Digital · 2017-08-18

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 18, 2017 (Mac), TBD (Nintendo Switch), Aug 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Inspired by classic Commodore 64 and arcade games, Promethium is a hard-as-nails retro inspired side-scrolling shoot-em-up that takes place over numerous levels that get harder and harder. If you’re after a nice calm casual game this isn’t it!

Promethium is an Action and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $7.99, with Mixed reviews (67% of 24 reviews) and an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

67%
positive of 24 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 71% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172024Week of 2017-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch

Census log

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