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Realm of the Mad God Exalt

Wild Shadow Studios · Deca Live Operations GmbH · 2012-02-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 20, 2011 (Web browser), Feb 20, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 20, 2012 (Mac)

Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!

Realm of the Mad God Exalt is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer game released in 2012, free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (83% of 47714 reviews).

800
playing now
83%
positive of 48k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
115
twitch viewers (latest)
19.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
54/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

800 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Realm of the Mad God is a massively multiplayer online shoot 'em up video game created by Wild Shadow Studios and currently owned and developed by DECA Games. It was in public beta from January 2010 and the browser version launched on June 20, 2011. On February 20, 2012 the game was made available on the digital distribution platform Steam for Microsoft Windows and OS X.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 800 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 889 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~111/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
94494420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 784 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 944 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.1k8002026-09-15 12:00 — 1,203 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,760 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1,362 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,318 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2,017 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 1,428 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 980 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1,577 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,558 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 1,200 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,556 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 1,554 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 887 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 1,266 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,557 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 813 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 1,746 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,879 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 1,266 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,396 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 2,111 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 1,399 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 800 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.9k451Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,122 · peak 1,642Dec 2012 — avg 716 · peak 1,350May 2013 — avg 774 · peak 1,550Oct 2013 — avg 575 · peak 1,150Mar 2014 — avg 972 · peak 2,056Aug 2014 — avg 856 · peak 1,597Jan 2015 — avg 897 · peak 1,771Jun 2015 — avg 976 · peak 1,613Nov 2015 — avg 886 · peak 2,171Apr 2016 — avg 715 · peak 1,371Sep 2016 — avg 937 · peak 2,029Feb 2017 — avg 800 · peak 1,571Jul 2017 — avg 1,081 · peak 1,738Dec 2017 — avg 1,564 · peak 2,719May 2018 — avg 1,215 · peak 2,272Oct 2018 — avg 920 · peak 1,734Mar 2019 — avg 845 · peak 1,462Aug 2019 — avg 752 · peak 1,265Jan 2020 — avg 963 · peak 1,722Jun 2020 — avg 1,838 · peak 2,779Nov 2020 — avg 2,007 · peak 3,290Apr 2021 — avg 2,708 · peak 4,259Sep 2021 — avg 2,459 · peak 3,880Feb 2022 — avg 1,291 · peak 1,901Jul 2022 — avg 1,206 · peak 1,752Dec 2022 — avg 1,472 · peak 2,329May 2023 — avg 1,662 · peak 2,505Oct 2023 — avg 1,324 · peak 2,021Mar 2024 — avg 1,413 · peak 2,351Aug 2024 — avg 1,279 · peak 2,054Jan 2025 — avg 1,136 · peak 1,765Jun 2025 — avg 1,455 · peak 2,394Nov 2025 — avg 1,118 · peak 1,692Apr 2026 — avg 1,011 · peak 1,684Aug 2026 — avg 1,143 · peak 1,768
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
882026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 4 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 8 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 1 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

83312026-06-02 — 59 pageviews2026-06-06 — 47 pageviews2026-06-10 — 41 pageviews2026-06-14 — 54 pageviews2026-06-18 — 45 pageviews2026-06-22 — 55 pageviews2026-06-26 — 47 pageviews2026-06-30 — 41 pageviews2026-07-04 — 39 pageviews2026-07-08 — 46 pageviews2026-07-12 — 39 pageviews2026-07-16 — 53 pageviews2026-07-20 — 54 pageviews2026-07-24 — 33 pageviews2026-07-28 — 52 pageviews2026-08-01 — 41 pageviews2026-08-05 — 58 pageviews2026-08-09 — 61 pageviews2026-08-13 — 45 pageviews2026-08-17 — 41 pageviews2026-08-21 — 38 pageviews2026-08-25 — 43 pageviews2026-08-29 — 31 pageviews2026-09-02 — 58 pageviews2026-09-06 — 40 pageviews2026-09-10 — 53 pageviews2026-09-14 — 55 pageviews2026-09-18 — 36 pageviews2026-09-22 — 64 pageviews2026-09-26 — 49 pageviews2026-09-30 — 58 pageviews2026-10-04 — 71 pageviews2026-10-08 — 55 pageviews2026-10-12 — 52 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

28362026-09-30 21:34 — 142 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 178 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 94 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 168 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 283 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 214 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 105 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 183 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 115 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
3.8%
earned "Vestaments"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerMMOCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesStats6 DLC

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2014-04-17, latest 2025-02-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)48,4070%167

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieActionMMORPGDifficultAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet Hell

Census log

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

Recent updates

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