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Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues cover art

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues

Catnip Games · 2018-03-27

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayMassively MultiplayerRPG

Franchise: Ultima · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 27, 2018 (Mac), Mar 27, 2018 (Linux)

SHROUD OF THE AVATAR: FORSAKEN VIRTUES is a multiplayer fantasy RPG that sets the player on a path filled with peril and tough choices as they explore a persistent realm that can be shared with other Avatars. It is the spiritual successor to Richard Garriott’s Ultima games.

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is an Adventure, Free To Play, Massively Multiplayer, RPG game released in 2018, free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (53% of 3187 reviews).

33
playing now
53%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
45/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is a 2018 fantasy role-playing video game. Described as being a spiritual successor to the Ultima series, Shroud of the Avatar was developed by Austin, Texas-based developer Portalarium, with a team led by Richard Garriott as creative director, Starr Long as executive producer, Chris Spears as lead technical designer, and Tracy Hickman as lead story designer. It is currently maintained by Catnip Games.

Trailer

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues trailer thumbnail

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues - Early Access Trailer

≈17,707 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 33 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 53 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (153 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 29,368 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2016-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
808020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4682026-09-16 06:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 16 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 21 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 28 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 31 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 20 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 26 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 43 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 29 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 43 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 40 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 26 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 32 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 44 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 29 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 29 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 46 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35712Nov 2014Aug 2026Nov 2014 — avg 78 · peak 240Mar 2015 — avg 58 · peak 179Jul 2015 — avg 35 · peak 165Nov 2015 — avg 86 · peak 211Mar 2016 — avg 51 · peak 118Jul 2016 — avg 79 · peak 601Nov 2016 — avg 173 · peak 311Mar 2017 — avg 157 · peak 309Jul 2017 — avg 133 · peak 231Nov 2017 — avg 140 · peak 260Mar 2018 — avg 207 · peak 562Jul 2018 — avg 162 · peak 311Nov 2018 — avg 175 · peak 365Mar 2019 — avg 130 · peak 222Jul 2019 — avg 102 · peak 179Nov 2019 — avg 91 · peak 154Mar 2020 — avg 100 · peak 184Jul 2020 — avg 83 · peak 141Nov 2020 — avg 79 · peak 127Mar 2021 — avg 87 · peak 153Jul 2021 — avg 60 · peak 101Nov 2021 — avg 55 · peak 114Mar 2022 — avg 36 · peak 67Jul 2022 — avg 32 · peak 58Nov 2022 — avg 33 · peak 61Mar 2023 — avg 37 · peak 71Jul 2023 — avg 29 · peak 66Nov 2023 — avg 32 · peak 58Mar 2024 — avg 30 · peak 85Jul 2024 — avg 28 · peak 52Nov 2024 — avg 22 · peak 42Mar 2025 — avg 20 · peak 45Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 27Nov 2025 — avg 17 · peak 34Mar 2026 — avg 15 · peak 35Jul 2026 — avg 18 · peak 52Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$44.99$0.002015-01-012018-11-012015-01-01 — best price $38.242015-01-02 — best price $44.992015-02-02 — best price $33.742015-02-09 — best price $44.992015-04-07 — best price $33.742015-04-21 — best price $44.992015-06-11 — best price $33.742015-06-18 — best price $22.492015-06-19 — best price $33.742015-06-22 — best price $44.992015-10-29 — best price $22.492015-11-02 — best price $44.992015-11-25 — best price $22.492015-12-01 — best price $44.992015-12-22 — best price $22.492016-01-04 — best price $44.992016-02-05 — best price $22.492016-02-12 — best price $44.992016-09-05 — best price $39.992016-10-28 — best price $19.992016-11-01 — best price $39.992016-11-23 — best price $19.992016-11-29 — best price $39.992016-12-22 — best price $19.992017-01-02 — best price $39.992017-06-22 — best price $19.992017-07-05 — best price $39.992017-10-26 — best price $19.992017-11-01 — best price $39.992017-11-22 — best price $19.992017-11-28 — best price $39.992017-12-21 — best price $19.992018-01-04 — best price $39.992018-03-27 — best price $33.992018-04-03 — best price $39.992018-06-21 — best price $19.992018-07-05 — best price $39.992018-11-01 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

366322026-06-01 — 50 pageviews2026-06-05 — 50 pageviews2026-06-09 — 45 pageviews2026-06-13 — 39 pageviews2026-06-17 — 57 pageviews2026-06-21 — 291 pageviews2026-06-25 — 78 pageviews2026-06-29 — 73 pageviews2026-07-03 — 76 pageviews2026-07-07 — 75 pageviews2026-07-11 — 48 pageviews2026-07-15 — 74 pageviews2026-07-19 — 66 pageviews2026-07-23 — 54 pageviews2026-07-27 — 64 pageviews2026-07-31 — 38 pageviews2026-08-04 — 58 pageviews2026-08-08 — 56 pageviews2026-08-12 — 60 pageviews2026-08-16 — 65 pageviews2026-08-20 — 72 pageviews2026-08-24 — 58 pageviews2026-08-28 — 56 pageviews2026-09-01 — 66 pageviews2026-09-05 — 66 pageviews2026-09-09 — 51 pageviews2026-09-13 — 87 pageviews2026-09-17 — 44 pageviews2026-09-21 — 50 pageviews2026-09-25 — 63 pageviews2026-09-29 — 178 pageviews2026-10-03 — 101 pageviews2026-10-07 — 100 pageviews2026-10-11 — 148 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
14.4%
earned "Team Player"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8840%29

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.

Player tags

PvEPvPRPGCo-opMMORPGFantasySandboxCraftingMedievalAdventure

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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