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Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman

Hexage · 2014-02-07

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 17, 2013 (Ouya), Feb 07, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 07, 2014 (Linux), Feb 07, 2014 (Mac), Sep 20, 2013 (iOS), Sep 09, 2013 (Android)

Enter the world ripe with magic and monsters. Become the Black Swordsman and slay thousands of enemies in an epic action RPG!

Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman is an Action, Indie, and RPG game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 459 reviews).

0
playing now
68%
positive of 459 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Reaper: Tale of a Pale Swordsman is a video game developed by Czech-based studio Hexage. It is an action role-playing game. In January 2014 the game was Greenlit for Steam.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 459 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-10-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152026Week of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.492015-01-012026-07-242015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $4.992017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-10-28 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $4.192019-12-19 — best price $4.492020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-11-30 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992023-10-26 — best price $4.132023-11-21 — best price $4.552023-12-21 — best price $4.552024-10-28 — best price $1.492024-11-27 — best price $4.792024-12-19 — best price $4.192025-01-06 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-17 — best price $3.742026-07-24 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1602026-05-31 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 9 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-16 — 3 pageviews2026-06-20 — 7 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 10 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 3 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5 pageviews2026-08-31 — 5 pageviews2026-09-04 — 5 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-12 — 3 pageviews2026-09-16 — 8 pageviews2026-09-20 — 4 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-28 — 8 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
85.2%
earned "Welcome To Wilderness"
13.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, German, Italian, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9412%10

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieMagicActionArcadeFantasyAdventureAction RPGHand-drawn

Census log

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

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