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Steel Sword Story S

8bits fanatics · PLAYISM · 2019-06-20

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

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!

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

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 71% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
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 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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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

Census log

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

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