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Samson cover art

Samson

Liquid Swords · 2026-04-08

Steam

ActionAdventureRacing

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 08, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Samson returns to Tyndalston, a city that shaped him hard, where every fight is close and every escape is earned. He owes dangerous people more than he can pay, and they’re using his sister to force his hand. The clock is ticking. The only way out is through anyone who stands in his way.

Samson is a 2026 Action, Adventure, Racing game priced at $24.99, with a Mixed sentiment (55% of 3238 reviews).

55%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
38/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
8.5h
to beat · rushed 5.5h · completionist 17h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)
Samson: A Tyndalston Story is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Liquid Swords. The game was released for Windows in April 2026 and received mixed reviews from critics. It is set to release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in September 2026.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 267 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,990 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 65k–146k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,238 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $16.74 at Steam (2026-07-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 4 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20262026Week of 2026-04-08: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 886 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 155 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 117 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$16.742026-04-082026-07-262026-04-08 — best price $18.892026-04-09 — best price $24.992026-05-09 — best price $22.992026-05-22 — best price $24.992026-06-01 — best price $24.992026-06-09 — best price $19.992026-06-11 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-07-16 — best price $16.742026-07-26 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3771022026-05-31 — 330 pageviews2026-06-03 — 298 pageviews2026-06-06 — 277 pageviews2026-06-09 — 337 pageviews2026-06-12 — 199 pageviews2026-06-15 — 200 pageviews2026-06-18 — 216 pageviews2026-06-21 — 215 pageviews2026-06-24 — 281 pageviews2026-06-27 — 279 pageviews2026-06-30 — 314 pageviews2026-07-03 — 204 pageviews2026-07-06 — 157 pageviews2026-07-09 — 144 pageviews2026-07-12 — 138 pageviews2026-07-15 — 115 pageviews2026-07-18 — 221 pageviews2026-07-21 — 153 pageviews2026-07-24 — 137 pageviews2026-07-27 — 141 pageviews2026-07-30 — 133 pageviews2026-08-02 — 123 pageviews2026-08-05 — 134 pageviews2026-08-08 — 152 pageviews2026-08-11 — 124 pageviews2026-08-14 — 112 pageviews2026-08-17 — 231 pageviews2026-08-20 — 176 pageviews2026-08-23 — 169 pageviews2026-08-26 — 137 pageviews2026-08-28 — 194 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
88.2%
earned "Back in Town"
5.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsGamepad RecommendedPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9701%46

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.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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