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Schism cover art

Schism

Fami · 2 Left Thumbs · 2025-03-07

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Schism is a challenging action roguelike RPG with deep synergies and high broken build potential. The combination of robust stat systems, fully moddable guns, deity worship, intense frequency-switching bullet hell combat, and difficult bosses make for a unique and highly replayable experience.

96%
positive of 166 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$11.99
steam price (US)

The player charterer has been tasked with answering a magic distress call from within the nearby forest. This game has 2 endings.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.3k–7.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 166 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-06-08) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920232026Week of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$5.992023-12-112026-07-092023-12-11 — best price $8.092024-01-19 — best price $7.642024-03-14 — best price $7.642024-04-26 — best price $7.642024-05-13 — best price $7.192024-06-27 — best price $7.642024-07-12 — best price $8.992024-07-29 — best price $7.642024-08-10 — best price $8.992024-09-09 — best price $8.992024-09-30 — best price $10.192024-10-17 — best price $9.592024-10-31 — best price $11.992024-11-22 — best price $10.192024-12-04 — best price $11.992024-12-13 — best price $10.192025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-02-07 — best price $9.592025-03-03 — best price $9.592025-03-21 — best price $11.992025-05-09 — best price $7.672025-05-26 — best price $8.392025-06-27 — best price $8.392025-07-18 — best price $11.992025-08-11 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $11.992025-12-11 — best price $11.992026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-02-14 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-04-09 — best price $11.992026-06-15 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
48.5%
earned "Da Reapa"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGActionAbstractDifficultRogue-likeBullet HellReplay ValueShoot 'Em UpLooter ShooterDungeon Crawler

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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