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Stella of The End cover art

Stella of The End

VisualArts/Key · VisualArts · 2023-09-25

Steam

AdventureCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Apr 21, 2023 (Android), Apr 21, 2023 (iOS), Sep 30, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 05, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Jude Gray, a wandering Courier, receives a request to deliver some very special cargo. This cargo turns out to be Philia, an android girl who is unaffected by the enigmatic Singularity Machines.

97%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)
Stella of The End is a Japanese post-apocalyptic visual novel developed by Key, a brand of Visual Arts. It was released on September 30, 2022 for Windows and is Key's 18th game overall. It was ported to iOS and Android devices, and also the Nintendo Switch. The story follows transporter Jude Gray who accepts a request to deliver a gynoid named Philia to a client amid avoiding dangers from human bandits and machines who have created a "singularity".

Health check

Cooling
  • · 316 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~40/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 16,321 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 64k–144k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,195 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2026-08-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30330320232026Week of 2023-09-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$6.992023-09-262026-09-072023-09-26 — best price $17.992023-10-02 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $17.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $15.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-26 — best price $13.992024-03-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-13 — best price $13.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $13.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $13.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-03 — best price $9.992025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $7.992025-11-28 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-20 — best price $7.992026-07-27 — best price $19.992026-08-31 — best price $6.992026-09-07 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

52162026-06-16 — 34 pageviews2026-06-19 — 20 pageviews2026-06-22 — 26 pageviews2026-06-25 — 34 pageviews2026-06-28 — 29 pageviews2026-07-01 — 21 pageviews2026-07-04 — 37 pageviews2026-07-07 — 26 pageviews2026-07-10 — 35 pageviews2026-07-13 — 29 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-19 — 29 pageviews2026-07-22 — 36 pageviews2026-07-25 — 22 pageviews2026-07-28 — 35 pageviews2026-07-31 — 31 pageviews2026-08-03 — 27 pageviews2026-08-06 — 27 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-12 — 23 pageviews2026-08-15 — 27 pageviews2026-08-18 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 27 pageviews2026-08-24 — 25 pageviews2026-08-27 — 42 pageviews2026-08-30 — 33 pageviews2026-09-02 — 34 pageviews2026-09-05 — 52 pageviews2026-09-08 — 23 pageviews2026-09-11 — 28 pageviews2026-09-13 — 32 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
96.3%
earned "Launched Game For The First Time"
48.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)54256%22
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

CuteGoreAnimeCasualLinearRobotsViolentAdventureEmotionalSimulation

Census log

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

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