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Stirring Abyss cover art

Stirring Abyss

Sleepy Sentry · Slitherine Ltd. · 2020-10-29

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 29, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.

88%
positive of 445 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (67 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 22,533 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.9k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 445 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.24 at GOG (2022-03-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 81 of 134 observed days · $18.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020202026Week of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$6.242020-10-292026-09-292020-10-29 — best price $17.492020-12-22 — best price $19.992021-03-22 — best price $19.992021-07-09 — best price $19.562021-10-22 — best price $12.492021-12-30 — best price $13.492022-03-21 — best price $6.242022-05-24 — best price $12.492022-08-11 — best price $10.322022-11-07 — best price $13.492023-01-06 — best price $24.992023-03-24 — best price $24.992023-05-15 — best price $19.562023-07-17 — best price $11.322023-09-05 — best price $24.992023-11-17 — best price $9.992024-01-05 — best price $24.992024-03-04 — best price $12.492024-04-29 — best price $17.542024-07-04 — best price $24.992024-08-30 — best price $20.992024-10-23 — best price $24.992024-12-09 — best price $24.992025-01-21 — best price $21.742025-03-13 — best price $9.752025-05-14 — best price $9.992025-07-14 — best price $9.992025-09-30 — best price $9.992025-11-24 — best price $24.992026-01-26 — best price $24.992026-03-17 — best price $10.002026-04-30 — best price $9.992026-06-11 — best price $24.992026-08-03 — best price $10.002026-09-29 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
91.3%
earned "Strange Beasts"
19.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-11-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6952%32

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

Player tags

RPGIndieStrategyTacticalAdventureIsometricNarrationRogue-likeUnderwaterLovecraftian

Census log

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

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