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SKALD: Against the Black Priory

High North Studios AS · Raw Fury · 2024-05-30

SteamGOG

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: May 30, 2024 (Mac), May 30, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat

SKALD: Against the Black Priory is a 2024 Indie and RPG game priced at $7.49, with a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 3644 reviews) and an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

16
playing now
94%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.49
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Skald: Against the Black Priory is a 2024 role-playing video game developed by High North Studios and published by Raw Fury Games. It has a retro style influenced by the 1980s Ultima games. Players attempt to find a lost friend in a cursed land overrun with Lovecraftian monsters. The game generally received mixed-to-positive reviews, with general praise for the aesthetics and retro feel, though with some criticism for the combat and readability of the graphics.

Trailer

SKALD: Against the Black Priory trailer thumbnail

SKALD: Against The Black Priory ⚔️Launch Trailer ⚔️

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 355 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,253 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 49,807 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 73k–164k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,644 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Fanatical (2026-08-11) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 100 of 154 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20242026Week of 2024-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,206 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4172026-09-15 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 21 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 24 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 15 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 22 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 30 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 24 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 28 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 36 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
42118Jun 2024Aug 2026Jun 2024 — avg 421 · peak 1,321Jul 2024 — avg 99 · peak 194Aug 2024 — avg 76 · peak 176Sep 2024 — avg 41 · peak 166Oct 2024 — avg 112 · peak 414Nov 2024 — avg 51 · peak 171Dec 2024 — avg 64 · peak 162Jan 2025 — avg 52 · peak 147Feb 2025 — avg 57 · peak 326Mar 2025 — avg 87 · peak 335Apr 2025 — avg 49 · peak 113May 2025 — avg 21 · peak 52Jun 2025 — avg 33 · peak 76Jul 2025 — avg 32 · peak 79Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 61Sep 2025 — avg 25 · peak 55Oct 2025 — avg 25 · peak 68Nov 2025 — avg 26 · peak 74Dec 2025 — avg 32 · peak 77Jan 2026 — avg 40 · peak 93Feb 2026 — avg 21 · peak 58Mar 2026 — avg 23 · peak 62Apr 2026 — avg 27 · peak 70May 2026 — avg 18 · peak 49Jun 2026 — avg 19 · peak 41Jul 2026 — avg 22 · peak 47Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$5.792024-05-302026-10-152024-05-30 — best price $11.332024-06-14 — best price $11.282024-08-26 — best price $12.972024-09-29 — best price $13.242024-10-19 — best price $11.242024-10-29 — best price $10.492024-11-09 — best price $10.372024-11-25 — best price $9.612024-12-05 — best price $9.362024-12-27 — best price $9.542025-01-06 — best price $14.242025-02-13 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $9.742025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-05-09 — best price $7.462025-06-17 — best price $13.392025-07-19 — best price $8.242025-08-24 — best price $14.992025-09-16 — best price $13.392025-10-27 — best price $7.492025-12-03 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $11.512026-02-06 — best price $13.342026-03-10 — best price $14.992026-04-09 — best price $7.492026-05-01 — best price $14.992026-06-01 — best price $7.492026-06-25 — best price $5.892026-07-31 — best price $5.892026-08-25 — best price $7.492026-09-05 — best price $7.492026-09-15 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $7.492026-10-05 — best price $7.492026-10-15 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

94132026-05-29 — 32 pageviews2026-06-02 — 38 pageviews2026-06-06 — 34 pageviews2026-06-10 — 15 pageviews2026-06-14 — 22 pageviews2026-06-18 — 15 pageviews2026-06-22 — 28 pageviews2026-06-26 — 35 pageviews2026-06-30 — 28 pageviews2026-07-04 — 18 pageviews2026-07-08 — 25 pageviews2026-07-12 — 32 pageviews2026-07-16 — 44 pageviews2026-07-20 — 19 pageviews2026-07-24 — 28 pageviews2026-07-28 — 30 pageviews2026-08-01 — 24 pageviews2026-08-05 — 25 pageviews2026-08-09 — 21 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 27 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-29 — 30 pageviews2026-09-02 — 94 pageviews2026-09-06 — 45 pageviews2026-09-10 — 27 pageviews2026-09-14 — 31 pageviews2026-09-18 — 15 pageviews2026-09-22 — 41 pageviews2026-09-26 — 29 pageviews2026-09-30 — 25 pageviews2026-10-04 — 42 pageviews2026-10-07 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
58.4%
earned "Shores of Idra"
12.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-08-25, latest 2024-05-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7089%15

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

RPGCRPGHorrorStrategyMinimalistStory RichAtmosphericClass-BasedExplorationDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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