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South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ cover art

South Park™: The Stick of Truth™

Obsidian Entertainment · Ubisoft · 2014-03-03

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: South Park · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Mar 06, 2014 (Xbox 360), Mar 07, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Mar 03, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2017 (Xbox One), Oct 17, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Sep 25, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.For a thousand years, the battle has been waged.

South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ is an Action, Adventure and RPG game priced at $29.99 released in 2014, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment (98% of 73,461 reviews).

812
playing now
98%
positive of 74k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
35
twitch viewers (latest)
3.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (1215 ratings)
109
Nexus mods (114k downloads)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (14,350 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 21h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

812 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a 2014 role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment in collaboration with South Park Digital Studios and published by Ubisoft. Based on the American animated television series South Park, the game follows the New Kid, who has moved to the eponymous town and becomes involved in an epic role-play fantasy war involving humans, wizards, and elves, who are fighting for control of the all-powerful Stick of Truth. Their game quickly escalates out of control, bringing them into conflict with aliens, Nazi zombies, and gnomes, threatening the entire town with destruction.

Trailer

South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ trailer thumbnail

South Park: The Stick of Truth E3 Official Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 812 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,737 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~342/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.8M–4.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 73,965 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Ubisoft Store (2025-01-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 77 of 107 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 878 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 809 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 851 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 544 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,913 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 508 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 667 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,671 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,653 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k1922026-09-16 04:00 — 192 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 213 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 651 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 720 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 402 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 891 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 657 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 422 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,147 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 1,116 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 456 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 897 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,024 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 729 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,441 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,244 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 699 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 805 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,258 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 881 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 484 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 963 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 655 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 812 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.8k160Mar 2014Aug 2026Mar 2014 — avg 8,761 · peak 34,645Jul 2014 — avg 656 · peak 1,707Nov 2014 — avg 584 · peak 8,142Mar 2015 — avg 1,408 · peak 7,914Jul 2015 — avg 629 · peak 1,208Nov 2015 — avg 970 · peak 4,138Mar 2016 — avg 999 · peak 5,153Jul 2016 — avg 1,438 · peak 5,547Nov 2016 — avg 542 · peak 1,973Mar 2017 — avg 603 · peak 2,605Jul 2017 — avg 998 · peak 3,118Nov 2017 — avg 1,220 · peak 3,567Mar 2018 — avg 379 · peak 1,514Jul 2018 — avg 316 · peak 768Nov 2018 — avg 229 · peak 742Mar 2019 — avg 314 · peak 1,610Jul 2019 — avg 368 · peak 893Nov 2019 — avg 208 · peak 591Mar 2020 — avg 558 · peak 1,597Jul 2020 — avg 483 · peak 1,801Nov 2020 — avg 262 · peak 953Mar 2021 — avg 342 · peak 886Jul 2021 — avg 243 · peak 518Nov 2021 — avg 228 · peak 774Mar 2022 — avg 348 · peak 976Jul 2022 — avg 301 · peak 571Nov 2022 — avg 380 · peak 1,497Mar 2023 — avg 1,496 · peak 4,854Jul 2023 — avg 444 · peak 1,065Nov 2023 — avg 279 · peak 880Mar 2024 — avg 487 · peak 1,041Jul 2024 — avg 483 · peak 2,057Nov 2024 — avg 237 · peak 683Mar 2025 — avg 587 · peak 1,551Jul 2025 — avg 354 · peak 726Nov 2025 — avg 356 · peak 846Mar 2026 — avg 499 · peak 1,441Jul 2026 — avg 372 · peak 763Aug 2026 — avg 318 · peak 740
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
53532026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 32 new positive2026-09-22: 10 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 17 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 20 new positive2026-09-26: 16 new positive2026-09-27: 17 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 17 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 15 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 10 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 17 new positive2026-10-05: 53 new positive2026-10-06: 15 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 22 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 25 new positive2026-10-10: 26 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 23 new positive2026-10-12: 22 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 20 new positive2026-10-14: 21 new positive2026-10-15: 14 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$1.002015-01-012026-09-302015-01-01 — best price $13.592015-04-07 — best price $13.592015-06-25 — best price $37.662015-10-28 — best price $29.992016-02-16 — best price $29.992016-07-12 — best price $7.502017-02-22 — best price $29.992017-11-22 — best price $6.712018-05-21 — best price $7.492018-11-16 — best price $7.502019-04-10 — best price $29.992019-07-13 — best price $29.992019-11-20 — best price $6.002020-02-04 — best price $8.282020-04-21 — best price $7.502020-07-04 — best price $29.992020-09-05 — best price $29.992020-11-16 — best price $26.882021-01-26 — best price $26.132021-04-23 — best price $26.132021-08-26 — best price $7.502021-11-30 — best price $29.992022-02-14 — best price $26.692022-05-17 — best price $26.762022-08-15 — best price $26.312022-11-21 — best price $6.282023-03-06 — best price $6.892023-06-09 — best price $29.992023-09-11 — best price $6.452023-12-26 — best price $26.762024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-04-14 — best price $7.492025-09-18 — best price $29.992026-01-21 — best price $23.392026-05-26 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $6.992026-09-30 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6242082026-05-29 — 263 pageviews2026-06-02 — 236 pageviews2026-06-06 — 280 pageviews2026-06-10 — 251 pageviews2026-06-14 — 242 pageviews2026-06-18 — 237 pageviews2026-06-22 — 244 pageviews2026-06-26 — 283 pageviews2026-06-30 — 267 pageviews2026-07-04 — 277 pageviews2026-07-08 — 416 pageviews2026-07-12 — 434 pageviews2026-07-16 — 290 pageviews2026-07-20 — 282 pageviews2026-07-24 — 266 pageviews2026-07-28 — 276 pageviews2026-08-01 — 288 pageviews2026-08-05 — 285 pageviews2026-08-09 — 285 pageviews2026-08-13 — 256 pageviews2026-08-17 — 296 pageviews2026-08-21 — 271 pageviews2026-08-25 — 258 pageviews2026-08-29 — 253 pageviews2026-09-02 — 309 pageviews2026-09-06 — 294 pageviews2026-09-10 — 339 pageviews2026-09-14 — 259 pageviews2026-09-18 — 367 pageviews2026-09-22 — 512 pageviews2026-09-26 — 458 pageviews2026-09-30 — 547 pageviews2026-10-04 — 624 pageviews2026-10-08 — 541 pageviews2026-10-12 — 568 pageviews2026-10-14 — 521 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

65602026-10-01 21:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 627 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-15 18:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 35 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
70.7%
earned "Poco Chinpoko"
17.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2014-04-01 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyActionComedyMatureNuditySatireCartoonAdventure

Census log

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

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