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Stone Story RPG

Rex Games · 2023-07-26

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 08, 2019 (Mac), Aug 08, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 27, 2023 (Linux)

An auto-RPG with strategic combat, deep crafting and programming elements, animated entirely in ASCII-art. In a realm of perpetual darkness, a single stone could change everything...

Stone Story RPG is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG game released in 2023, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 996 reviews).

14
playing now
91%
positive of 996 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Stone Story RPG is an indie role-playing video game developed by Brazilian developer Gabriel Santos under the studio name Martian Rex. The game features animated ASCII art graphics and a semi-automated gameplay structure combining role-playing, incremental, and strategy elements. It was released in Steam Early Access for Microsoft Windows on August 8, 2019, and reached a full release for Windows, macOS, and Linux on July 26, 2023. Mobile versions for iOS and Android were released later in 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (154 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 996 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at Chrono.gg (2020-03-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12812820192026Week of 2019-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2882026-09-15 06:00 — 26 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 27 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 23 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 27 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 15 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 20 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3640Sep 2017Aug 2026Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 0Oct 2019 — avg 69 · peak 119Jan 2020 — avg 54 · peak 105Apr 2020 — avg 56 · peak 123Jul 2020 — avg 44 · peak 75Oct 2020 — avg 51 · peak 118Jan 2021 — avg 18 · peak 35Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 20Jul 2021 — avg 16 · peak 35Oct 2021 — avg 41 · peak 94Jan 2022 — avg 19 · peak 36Apr 2022 — avg 16 · peak 29Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 22Oct 2022 — avg 13 · peak 32Jan 2023 — avg 17 · peak 33Apr 2023 — avg 19 · peak 35Jul 2023 — avg 39 · peak 191Oct 2023 — avg 38 · peak 63Jan 2024 — avg 39 · peak 68Apr 2024 — avg 33 · peak 57Jul 2024 — avg 37 · peak 63Oct 2024 — avg 38 · peak 102Jan 2025 — avg 47 · peak 106Apr 2025 — avg 37 · peak 79Jul 2025 — avg 36 · peak 69Oct 2025 — avg 35 · peak 85Jan 2026 — avg 23 · peak 41Apr 2026 — avg 28 · peak 56Jul 2026 — avg 26 · peak 54Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$13.992019-08-082026-07-092019-08-08 — best price $15.992019-10-28 — best price $15.992019-11-26 — best price $15.992020-01-23 — best price $15.992020-03-05 — best price $13.992020-04-25 — best price $19.992020-10-18 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-09-30 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-05-04 — best price $19.992022-08-15 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-23 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-09-21 — best price $20.992023-11-21 — best price $20.992023-12-21 — best price $20.992024-03-14 — best price $20.992024-06-10 — best price $20.992024-07-18 — best price $20.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-23 — best price $14.992025-04-04 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-05-30 — 14 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 3 pageviews2026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 7 pageviews2026-07-17 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 4 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 3 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-18 — 3 pageviews2026-08-22 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 5 pageviews2026-08-30 — 7 pageviews2026-09-03 — 3 pageviews2026-09-07 — 7 pageviews2026-09-11 — 8 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 5 pageviews2026-09-23 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 3 pageviews2026-10-01 — 1 pageviews2026-10-05 — 4 pageviews2026-10-09 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
90.1%
earned "Handyman"
32.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo Sound1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Turkish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1933%47

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

Player tags

RPGIdlerIndieLogicRetroCasualPuzzleClickerAdventureMinimalist

Census log

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

Recent updates

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