The Game Census
Son of a Witch cover art

Son of a Witch

Bigosaur · 2018-05-16

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 09, 2016 (Linux), Nov 09, 2016 (Mac), Nov 09, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Action roguelike for 1-4 players with cute graphics and deep game mechanics. Combine dozens of different weapons, magic items, potions and spells with unique effects to beat 8 enemy factions and 28 bosses. Can you find the ancient goblin artifact at the end of the dungeon?

3
playing now
86%
positive of 439 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$23.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 439 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$23.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

612026-08-12 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.99$4.992016-11-102026-08-172016-11-10 — best price $14.992017-04-24 — best price $14.992017-09-06 — best price $19.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-03-26 — best price $19.992018-07-30 — best price $19.992018-11-28 — best price $19.992019-02-12 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-06-08 — best price $14.992020-09-14 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-06-07 — best price $9.992021-09-20 — best price $9.992022-01-10 — best price $7.992022-05-02 — best price $4.992022-08-15 — best price $7.992022-11-22 — best price $7.992023-02-20 — best price $7.992023-05-15 — best price $4.992023-10-09 — best price $7.992023-12-22 — best price $5.992024-03-15 — best price $5.992024-07-15 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-02-10 — best price $5.992025-04-28 — best price $23.992025-07-21 — best price $23.992025-12-18 — best price $7.192026-03-30 — best price $5.992026-08-10 — best price $7.912026-08-17 — best price $23.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
80.1%
earned "Tutorial"
13.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer

17 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, French, Polish, Vietnamese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America, German…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5941%123
Switch (Nintendo)30%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

RPGLootRogue-likeRogue-liteBeat 'em upLocal Co-OpOnline Co-OpReplay ValueSide Scroller4 Player Local

Census log

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

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