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Skully cover art

Skully

Finish Line Games · 2020-08-04

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 04, 2020 (Xbox One), Aug 04, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 04, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Aug 04, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

On a mysterious remote island, a skull washes up on shore and is reawakened by an enigmatic deity. Dubbed Skully, the newly reanimated being has been summoned to intervene in a war between the deity’s three siblings, whose quarrel jeopardizes the island they call home.

Skully is a 2020 Adventure, Casual, Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (57% of 282 reviews).

0
playing now
57%
positive of 282 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
3.60★
PlayStation Store rating (133 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.6k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 282 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at Humble Store (2024-09-02) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420202026Week of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
90Aug 2020May 2022Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 26May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 28Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — May 2022

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$32.30$1.492020-08-042026-10-092020-08-04 — best price $29.992020-11-23 — best price $18.132021-01-07 — best price $29.992021-03-03 — best price $29.992021-04-03 — best price $8.092021-05-02 — best price $29.992021-06-03 — best price $29.992021-07-09 — best price $25.382021-08-20 — best price $6.602021-09-25 — best price $26.992021-11-15 — best price $7.492021-12-20 — best price $26.992022-01-28 — best price $22.042022-03-07 — best price $5.992022-05-13 — best price $4.802022-07-13 — best price $22.042022-11-03 — best price $23.892022-12-14 — best price $4.492023-01-30 — best price $5.992023-05-02 — best price $29.992023-06-30 — best price $4.492023-08-11 — best price $4.492023-09-18 — best price $4.492023-10-23 — best price $26.992023-12-11 — best price $23.892024-01-15 — best price $3.892024-03-22 — best price $22.042024-05-02 — best price $29.992024-06-14 — best price $5.992024-07-22 — best price $22.492024-09-05 — best price $1.492024-11-11 — best price $22.492025-01-07 — best price $6.002025-02-28 — best price $29.992025-04-26 — best price $29.992025-07-16 — best price $29.992026-10-02 — best price $9.992026-10-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
87.5%
earned "Meet Your Maker"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-08-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4094%29
Xbox One (Xbox)3587%29
PS4 (PlayStation)33717%30
PS4 (PlayStation)31914%30
Switch (Nintendo)50%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieArcadeComedyPuzzleRunnerAdventurePlatformerAtmosphericExplorationCollectathon

Census log

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

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