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Source of Madness

Carry Castle · Thunderful Publishing · 2022-05-11

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 11, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), May 11, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), May 11, 2022 (Xbox One), May 11, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 11, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Source of Madness is a side-scrolling dark action roguelite set in a twisted Lovecraftian inspired world powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning. Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey.

69%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
60/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 23h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey. Uncover the cosmic secrets of the Loam Lands and The Tower of Madness, the moon’s mysterious Citadel. The horrific monsters you face are never the same, concocted with procedural generation and animated using a neural network AI. Explosive close-combat magic, labyrinthine environmental exploration, powerful loot management and a skill tree filled with abilities, classes, and spells. Rendered in a beautiful AI assisted art style, the fascinating world of the Loam Lands reveals a deep arcane lore as players uncover its ma(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 118 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 72% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 13,200 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,572 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.80-84%
GOG$2.99-85%
GreenManGaming$4.00-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.67 at Fanatical (2026-03-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 18 of 19 observed days · $2.13 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13713720212026Week of 2021-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$2.802026-08-062026-09-092026-08-06 — best price $3.992026-08-07 — best price $3.992026-08-11 — best price $3.992026-08-15 — best price $3.992026-08-16 — best price $3.992026-08-17 — best price $3.992026-08-26 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-08-28 — best price $2.992026-08-29 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.992026-08-31 — best price $2.992026-09-01 — best price $2.992026-09-02 — best price $2.992026-09-05 — best price $2.802026-09-06 — best price $2.802026-09-07 — best price $2.802026-09-08 — best price $2.802026-09-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
76.9%
earned "Going on an adventure"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Thai

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-05-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8132%24
PS5 (PlayStation)1,74510%25
PS5 (PlayStation)1,5045%25
PS4 (PlayStation)1,3334%25
PS4 (PlayStation)66812%25
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3783%24
Switch (Nintendo)180%0

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

Player tags

2DDarkMagicActionFantasyMysteryAction RPGRogue-liteSouls-likeAtmospheric

Census log

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

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