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Sker Ritual cover art

Sker Ritual

Wales Interactive · Skybound Games · 2024-04-18

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 18, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Apr 18, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 18, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 24, 2025 (PlayStation 4)

Tear through endless waves of supernatural enemies in this co-op horror horde shooter. Play solo or with up to 4 players, unleash god-like Miracle powers, supercharge your arsenal, and survive devastating boss encounters on Sker Island.

Sker Ritual is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2024, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 5991 reviews).

9
playing now
82%
positive of 6.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (697 downloads)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (2,800 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Sker Ritual trailer thumbnail

Sker Ritual - Official Launch Trailer

≈139,418 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 187 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,865 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 120k–270k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,009 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.50 at GamersGate (2025-10-27) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 37 of 61 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20222026Week of 2022-10-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,598 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 831 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5822026-09-15 13:00 — 21 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 30 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 21 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 44 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 31 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 25 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 53 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 26 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 22 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 27 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k3Oct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 22 · peak 237Dec 2022 — avg 17 · peak 139Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 26Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2023 — avg 10 · peak 69Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 34Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2024 — avg 1,140 · peak 5,992Jun 2024 — avg 288 · peak 983Aug 2024 — avg 128 · peak 348Oct 2024 — avg 130 · peak 497Dec 2024 — avg 40 · peak 110Feb 2025 — avg 48 · peak 156Apr 2025 — avg 29 · peak 85Jun 2025 — avg 64 · peak 160Aug 2025 — avg 49 · peak 117Oct 2025 — avg 36 · peak 105Dec 2025 — avg 28 · peak 88Feb 2026 — avg 88 · peak 780Apr 2026 — avg 30 · peak 73Jun 2026 — avg 23 · peak 72Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 72
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.002022-10-062026-10-142022-10-06 — best price $13.492022-12-22 — best price $12.742023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-09-08 — best price $9.742023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-19 — best price $11.992024-05-02 — best price $24.992024-07-18 — best price $19.992024-08-15 — best price $19.992024-09-19 — best price $24.992024-11-01 — best price $24.992024-12-19 — best price $18.742025-01-30 — best price $13.742025-02-27 — best price $24.992025-04-03 — best price $24.992025-05-16 — best price $12.492025-06-12 — best price $24.992025-07-24 — best price $24.992025-09-06 — best price $12.492025-09-29 — best price $12.492025-10-23 — best price $14.992025-11-11 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-01-08 — best price $12.492026-02-05 — best price $24.992026-02-26 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-04-16 — best price $24.992026-05-09 — best price $24.992026-06-11 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
72.2%
earned "Short Round"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support16 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Welsh…

Post-launch support: 16 DLC released, first 2022-10-06, latest 2026-08-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,0761%52
PS5 (PlayStation)2,1416%53
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,6103%52
PS4 (PlayStation)2752%53

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

3DFPSPvEHorrorShooterZombiesSurvivalStory RichMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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