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Stories: The Path of Destinies cover art

Stories: The Path of Destinies

Spearhead Games · 2016-04-12

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 12, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Mar 22, 2019 (Xbox One), Apr 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Stories: The Path of Destinies is an Action RPG, an enchanted storybook filled with madcap fantasy tales, each told by a zippy narrator attuned to the player’s choices and actions.

Stories: The Path of Destinies is a $14.99 Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2016, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 6601 reviews).

4
playing now
88%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (89 ratings)
4.26★
PlayStation Store rating (11,992 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Stories: The Path of Destinies is an action role-playing game developed by Spearhead Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on April 12, 2016, and for the Xbox One on March 22, 2019.

Trailer

Stories: The Path of Destinies trailer thumbnail

Stories: The Path of Destinies - Narrative Trailer | PS4

≈683,275 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 165k–396k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,601 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.34 at WinGameStore (2024-04-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 17 of 83 observed days · $13.65 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.7k2Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 52 · peak 209Aug 2016 — avg 7 · peak 20Dec 2016 — avg 10 · peak 49Apr 2017 — avg 5 · peak 19Aug 2017 — avg 9 · peak 28Dec 2017 — avg 20 · peak 69Apr 2018 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2018 — avg 56 · peak 512Dec 2018 — avg 57 · peak 314Apr 2019 — avg 32 · peak 404Aug 2019 — avg 15 · peak 82Dec 2019 — avg 25 · peak 130Apr 2020 — avg 26 · peak 82Aug 2020 — avg 11 · peak 91Dec 2020 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2021 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2021 — avg 8 · peak 60Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 12Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 26Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.252016-03-312026-10-142016-03-31 — best price $13.492016-08-25 — best price $14.992016-11-30 — best price $14.992017-05-12 — best price $7.492017-11-21 — best price $2.992018-07-03 — best price $14.992019-01-04 — best price $14.992019-06-27 — best price $7.502019-10-28 — best price $7.492020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-05-31 — best price $14.992020-07-11 — best price $13.392020-08-10 — best price $13.392020-09-14 — best price $14.992020-10-13 — best price $14.992020-11-12 — best price $14.992020-12-12 — best price $14.992021-01-11 — best price $14.992021-02-09 — best price $14.992021-03-13 — best price $14.992021-04-13 — best price $14.992021-05-13 — best price $14.992021-06-30 — best price $14.992021-12-23 — best price $2.802022-07-25 — best price $7.492022-12-30 — best price $13.392023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-12-07 — best price $14.992024-05-24 — best price $4.992024-08-15 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $5.632025-07-25 — best price $14.992026-01-03 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-09-11 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6322026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-08 — 2 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 6 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-19 — 21 pageviews2026-08-23 — 56 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews2026-08-31 — 10 pageviews2026-09-04 — 5 pageviews2026-09-08 — 9 pageviews2026-09-12 — 8 pageviews2026-09-16 — 13 pageviews2026-09-20 — 8 pageviews2026-09-24 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 10 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
34.7%
earned "You know nothing Arctic Fox!"
17.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-06-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)32,96320%38
Steam (Steam)13,5009%37
Xbox One (Xbox)71211%37

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGIndieActionFantasyColorfulAdventureSwordplayAction RPGStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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