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SKALD: Against the Black Priory cover art

SKALD: Against the Black Priory

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

SteamGOG

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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

28
playing now
94%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.49
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 28 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 11% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 72k–163k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,617 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$6.27-58%
GreenManGaming$6.30-58%
GOG$7.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 84 of 122 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

3972026-08-06 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 17 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 38 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 22 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 28 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.792024-05-302026-08-302024-05-30 — best price $11.332024-06-12 — best price $11.732024-08-06 — best price $10.992024-09-18 — best price $10.232024-10-01 — best price $13.092024-10-19 — best price $11.242024-10-27 — best price $12.472024-11-05 — best price $8.752024-11-13 — best price $12.592024-11-27 — best price $8.692024-12-05 — best price $9.362024-12-25 — best price $10.492025-01-02 — best price $9.212025-01-15 — best price $10.492025-02-21 — best price $8.992025-03-13 — best price $9.742025-03-21 — best price $12.712025-04-14 — best price $11.512025-05-23 — best price $8.992025-06-20 — best price $12.742025-07-19 — best price $8.242025-08-18 — best price $7.552025-09-09 — best price $8.392025-10-07 — best price $7.492025-10-31 — best price $8.242025-12-03 — best price $7.492025-12-29 — best price $14.992026-01-27 — best price $14.992026-02-18 — best price $6.672026-03-13 — best price $7.502026-04-09 — best price $7.492026-04-23 — best price $6.262026-05-20 — best price $14.992026-06-10 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $11.512026-07-31 — best price $5.892026-08-22 — best price $6.272026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

50122026-05-29 — 32 pageviews2026-06-01 — 25 pageviews2026-06-04 — 24 pageviews2026-06-07 — 24 pageviews2026-06-10 — 15 pageviews2026-06-13 — 29 pageviews2026-06-16 — 27 pageviews2026-06-19 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 28 pageviews2026-06-25 — 22 pageviews2026-06-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-01 — 30 pageviews2026-07-04 — 18 pageviews2026-07-07 — 32 pageviews2026-07-10 — 15 pageviews2026-07-13 — 28 pageviews2026-07-16 — 44 pageviews2026-07-19 — 20 pageviews2026-07-22 — 22 pageviews2026-07-25 — 24 pageviews2026-07-28 — 30 pageviews2026-07-31 — 24 pageviews2026-08-03 — 26 pageviews2026-08-06 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 20 pageviews2026-08-15 — 23 pageviews2026-08-18 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 27 pageviews2026-08-24 — 50 pageviews2026-08-26 — 25 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

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.

Player tags

RPGCRPGHorrorStrategyMinimalistStory RichAtmosphericClass-BasedExplorationDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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