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Raji: An Ancient Epic

Nodding Heads Games · 2020-10-15

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 15, 2020 (Xbox One), Aug 18, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 15, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Apr 04, 2023 (iOS), Apr 04, 2023 (Android)

Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in ancient India. A young girl named Raji has been chosen by the gods to stand against the demonic invasion of the human realm. Her destiny? To rescue her younger brother and face the demon lord Mahabalasura.

82%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure video game developed by Nodding Heads Games based in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It was first released as a timed exclusive for Nintendo Switch on 18 August 2020, and released on 15 October 2020 for Microsoft Windows via Steam, GOG Galaxy and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 140 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (490 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 12,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 57k–128k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,840 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Fanatical (2024-06-13) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 30 of 56 observed days · $20.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
46446420202026Week of 2020-10-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$5.492020-10-152026-09-072020-10-15 — best price $22.492020-12-13 — best price $24.992021-02-11 — best price $16.742021-04-05 — best price $24.992021-06-17 — best price $24.992021-08-19 — best price $12.492021-10-27 — best price $12.492021-11-26 — best price $12.492022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-03-07 — best price $24.992022-06-01 — best price $8.492022-07-18 — best price $24.992022-09-19 — best price $8.492022-12-08 — best price $8.492023-02-16 — best price $24.992023-05-02 — best price $24.992023-06-29 — best price $8.492023-09-14 — best price $8.492023-12-11 — best price $8.492024-03-15 — best price $6.242024-04-30 — best price $6.242024-06-19 — best price $6.242024-07-23 — best price $6.242024-09-10 — best price $24.992024-10-22 — best price $6.242024-12-09 — best price $6.242025-01-27 — best price $24.992025-04-10 — best price $6.242025-05-28 — best price $6.242025-07-24 — best price $6.242025-09-08 — best price $24.992025-10-07 — best price $6.242025-11-26 — best price $24.992026-02-04 — best price $24.992026-04-03 — best price $24.992026-06-17 — best price $6.252026-08-09 — best price $6.252026-09-07 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

229272026-06-09 — 229 pageviews2026-06-12 — 141 pageviews2026-06-15 — 127 pageviews2026-06-18 — 122 pageviews2026-06-21 — 74 pageviews2026-06-24 — 91 pageviews2026-06-27 — 81 pageviews2026-06-30 — 55 pageviews2026-07-03 — 100 pageviews2026-07-06 — 59 pageviews2026-07-09 — 63 pageviews2026-07-12 — 41 pageviews2026-07-15 — 38 pageviews2026-07-18 — 50 pageviews2026-07-21 — 51 pageviews2026-07-24 — 49 pageviews2026-07-27 — 36 pageviews2026-07-30 — 41 pageviews2026-08-02 — 51 pageviews2026-08-05 — 33 pageviews2026-08-08 — 36 pageviews2026-08-11 — 57 pageviews2026-08-14 — 42 pageviews2026-08-17 — 42 pageviews2026-08-20 — 72 pageviews2026-08-23 — 59 pageviews2026-08-26 — 54 pageviews2026-08-29 — 39 pageviews2026-09-01 — 44 pageviews2026-09-04 — 39 pageviews2026-09-06 — 50 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
72.9%
earned "Durga's Blessing"
19.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

16 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Bangla…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)12,34614%21
PS5 (PlayStation)5,04246%21
PS4 (PlayStation)2,39129%21
Steam (Steam)2,30816%21
PS4 (PlayStation)13048%21
Switch (Nintendo)350%0
Switch (Nintendo)40%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

CuteActionFantasyRelaxingAdventureEmotionalMythologyHand-drawnAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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