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Samawa Idle

Samharia Studios · 2023-11-13

Steam

ActionCasualIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 13, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 13, 2023 (Linux), Nov 13, 2023 (Mac)

Unleash the power of specialized towers to annihilate hordes of monsters in this idle game with roguelike elements. Collect gold, level up your towers, face powerful bosses, and refine your strategy with an evolving skill tree.

Samawa Idle is an Action, Casual, Indie, RPG game released in 2023, priced at $4.99, with Mixed reviews (66% of 618 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

58
playing now
66%
positive of 622 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

58 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 58 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (231 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 12k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 622 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-10-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18018020232026Week of 2023-11-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9002026-09-15 01:00 — 62 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 69 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 76 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 62 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 54 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 58 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 56 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 42 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 62 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 60 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 45 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 60 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 63 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 40 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 65 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 75 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 47 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 60 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 67 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 43 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 60 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 55 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 58 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
56633Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 566 · peak 1,620Dec 2023 — avg 246 · peak 431Jan 2024 — avg 149 · peak 270Feb 2024 — avg 82 · peak 145Mar 2024 — avg 159 · peak 394Apr 2024 — avg 127 · peak 218May 2024 — avg 90 · peak 145Jun 2024 — avg 113 · peak 339Jul 2024 — avg 245 · peak 384Aug 2024 — avg 109 · peak 170Sep 2024 — avg 77 · peak 113Oct 2024 — avg 298 · peak 1,196Nov 2024 — avg 189 · peak 345Dec 2024 — avg 115 · peak 195Jan 2025 — avg 77 · peak 126Feb 2025 — avg 87 · peak 147Mar 2025 — avg 70 · peak 108Apr 2025 — avg 50 · peak 72May 2025 — avg 58 · peak 91Jun 2025 — avg 40 · peak 63Jul 2025 — avg 49 · peak 77Aug 2025 — avg 51 · peak 85Sep 2025 — avg 34 · peak 63Oct 2025 — avg 45 · peak 78Nov 2025 — avg 69 · peak 215Dec 2025 — avg 117 · peak 219Jan 2026 — avg 106 · peak 168Feb 2026 — avg 85 · peak 129Mar 2026 — avg 99 · peak 159Apr 2026 — avg 70 · peak 117May 2026 — avg 57 · peak 104Jun 2026 — avg 59 · peak 96Jul 2026 — avg 43 · peak 76Aug 2026 — avg 33 · peak 50
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$1.992023-11-132026-07-092023-11-13 — best price $3.992023-12-22 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-10-12 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-02-03 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-05-07 — best price $2.492025-06-26 — best price $1.992025-07-28 — best price $2.492025-09-13 — best price $2.492025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-11-21 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-01-07 — best price $2.992026-03-09 — best price $2.492026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-05-20 — best price $2.492026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
99.1%
earned "Explorer 1"
58.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-06-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,62831%50

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

Player tags

2DRPGIdlerActionClickerColorfulStylizedTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

Recent updates

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