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Return to Krondor cover art

Return to Krondor

PyroTechnix · Activision · 2016-12-15

SteamGOG

RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 24, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Return to a world of danger, magic, and betrayal.

64%
positive of 107 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
$1.97
steam price (US)
Return to Krondor is a role-playing video game set in Raymond Feist's fictional fantasy setting of Midkemia. A sequel to 1993's Betrayal at Krondor, it was released for Windows on the PC in time for the 1998 Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Within the game, the player commands a group of heroes with different attributes, strengths, and weaknesses which the player may upgrade over the course of the game.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 12,509 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 107 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at GOG (2015-06-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 16 of 30 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-072015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-06-14 — best price $5.992015-12-06 — best price $5.992016-11-07 — best price $2.992017-06-06 — best price $1.492017-12-12 — best price $4.792018-06-22 — best price $1.972018-11-27 — best price $5.992019-03-11 — best price $1.972019-06-25 — best price $1.972019-11-07 — best price $1.972020-01-23 — best price $1.972020-04-13 — best price $1.972020-07-09 — best price $5.992020-11-27 — best price $1.972021-02-10 — best price $1.972021-05-10 — best price $5.992021-08-19 — best price $1.972021-11-29 — best price $5.992022-01-31 — best price $5.992022-06-06 — best price $1.972022-09-05 — best price $5.992022-11-23 — best price $1.972023-01-31 — best price $5.992023-04-18 — best price $1.972023-08-28 — best price $1.972023-11-20 — best price $5.992024-01-25 — best price $1.972024-03-20 — best price $1.972024-06-26 — best price $1.972024-09-24 — best price $5.992024-12-18 — best price $1.972025-02-21 — best price $5.992025-04-24 — best price $5.992025-08-15 — best price $5.992025-10-28 — best price $1.972026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-04-03 — best price $5.992026-09-10 — best price $5.992026-10-07 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPG1990'sClassicFantasy

Census log

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

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