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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 3.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
38/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
46
Nexus mods (18k downloads)
8.5h
to beat · rushed 5.5h · completionist 17h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$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.

Trailer

Samson trailer thumbnail

Samson - Official Trailer (2018)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

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 9% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 66k–148k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,287 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

1.6k1022026-05-31 — 330 pageviews2026-06-04 — 279 pageviews2026-06-08 — 332 pageviews2026-06-12 — 199 pageviews2026-06-16 — 190 pageviews2026-06-20 — 182 pageviews2026-06-24 — 281 pageviews2026-06-28 — 297 pageviews2026-07-02 — 219 pageviews2026-07-06 — 157 pageviews2026-07-10 — 145 pageviews2026-07-14 — 115 pageviews2026-07-18 — 221 pageviews2026-07-22 — 164 pageviews2026-07-26 — 136 pageviews2026-07-30 — 133 pageviews2026-08-03 — 137 pageviews2026-08-07 — 122 pageviews2026-08-11 — 124 pageviews2026-08-15 — 102 pageviews2026-08-19 — 174 pageviews2026-08-23 — 169 pageviews2026-08-27 — 143 pageviews2026-08-31 — 142 pageviews2026-09-04 — 520 pageviews2026-09-08 — 229 pageviews2026-09-12 — 218 pageviews2026-09-16 — 242 pageviews2026-09-20 — 857 pageviews2026-09-24 — 796 pageviews2026-09-28 — 856 pageviews2026-10-02 — 392 pageviews2026-10-06 — 314 pageviews2026-10-10 — 277 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-05-13 (Steam store data)

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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