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START AGAIN: a prologue

insertdisc5 · 2021-08-18

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 27, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 27, 2021 (Mac)

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START AGAIN: a prologue is a 2021 Indie and RPG game priced at $10.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 679 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners.

1
playing now
96%
positive of 679 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$10.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 87 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 50,063 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 679 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.19 at Steam (2025-04-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320212026Week of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
122Nov 2023May 2026Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 19Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2025 — avg 12 · peak 60May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 11Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.99$2.192021-08-182026-07-092021-08-18 — best price $9.892022-06-23 — best price $9.342022-09-12 — best price $8.792022-11-22 — best price $9.342022-12-22 — best price $8.792023-02-13 — best price $7.692023-03-16 — best price $7.692023-07-13 — best price $10.992023-11-28 — best price $10.992024-01-04 — best price $10.992024-03-04 — best price $10.992024-03-21 — best price $10.992024-07-11 — best price $10.992024-07-29 — best price $10.992024-10-07 — best price $10.992024-12-04 — best price $10.992025-04-27 — best price $10.992025-07-10 — best price $10.992025-10-06 — best price $10.992026-01-05 — best price $10.992026-03-26 — best price $10.992026-07-09 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-08-18 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGLGBTQ+Top-DownControllerStory RichText-BasedExplorationTime Travel

Census log

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

Recent updates

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