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Steel Sword Story S

8bits fanatics · PLAYISM · 2019-06-20

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 21, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The classic 2D side-scrolling action game has evovled! With twice the content, better controls, and higher accessibility, Steel Sword Story S is bigger and better than ever!

Steel Sword Story S is an Action and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 87 reviews).

0
playing now
69%
positive of 87 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 87 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2023-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920192026Week of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.992019-06-222026-08-062019-06-22 — best price $3.992019-10-14 — best price $3.992019-11-10 — best price $3.992019-12-19 — best price $3.892020-03-16 — best price $3.892020-05-19 — best price $3.892020-09-17 — best price $3.892020-11-07 — best price $3.892020-12-22 — best price $3.892021-03-01 — best price $3.892021-05-15 — best price $3.892021-06-24 — best price $3.892021-09-27 — best price $3.492021-11-06 — best price $3.492021-12-22 — best price $3.492022-02-14 — best price $3.492022-06-23 — best price $3.492022-11-22 — best price $3.492022-12-23 — best price $3.492023-06-29 — best price $2.992023-09-10 — best price $3.042023-12-02 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-06-11 — best price $9.992024-09-30 — best price $9.992024-12-13 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-04 — best price $9.992025-08-14 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-06 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DDarkIndieRetroActionConspiracyControllerAtmosphericBeat 'em upDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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