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Slay the Minotaur

Cache of Bones · 2024-02-22

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Slay the Minotaur is a challenging roguelike dungeon crawler set in ancient Greece. Survive the onslaught of the labyrinth. Upgrade your skills, earn ranks, and face the Minotaur in the ultimate game of cat and mouse!

Slay the Minotaur is a $4.99 Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2024, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment across 220 reviews.— census verdict as of 2026-10-12

92%
positive of 220 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Take on the role of many brave heroes as they each attempt to slay the Minotaur and save ancient Greece in this mythical roguelike!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 26,594 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.4k–9.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 220 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720242026Week of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

13
achievements tracked
92.5%
earned "Greek Tragedy"
20%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1687%13

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

Player tags

3DRPGLootActionArcadeHorrorStylizedMythologyAction RPGRogue-like

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.