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Stormbound

Paladin Studios · Stormbound B.V. · 2018-05-15

Steam

IndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer

Releases: May 15, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 15, 2018 (Mac)

Cards and chess collide in Stormbound. Turn-based tactical gameplay, collecting cards and beautiful 2D Art. Level up your army to conquer the ladder.

Stormbound is a free-to-play Indie, Strategy and Free To Play game released in 2018, with Mostly Positive (70% of 1222 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

16
playing now
70%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (152 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 49,562 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10310320182026Week of 2018-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1932026-09-14 23:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1359May 2018Aug 2026May 2018 — avg 135 · peak 252Aug 2018 — avg 38 · peak 94Nov 2018 — avg 35 · peak 62Feb 2019 — avg 31 · peak 64May 2019 — avg 30 · peak 55Aug 2019 — avg 25 · peak 49Nov 2019 — avg 24 · peak 46Feb 2020 — avg 20 · peak 43May 2020 — avg 26 · peak 51Aug 2020 — avg 28 · peak 64Nov 2020 — avg 26 · peak 54Feb 2021 — avg 29 · peak 60May 2021 — avg 29 · peak 56Aug 2021 — avg 27 · peak 56Nov 2021 — avg 29 · peak 59Feb 2022 — avg 29 · peak 58May 2022 — avg 27 · peak 52Aug 2022 — avg 24 · peak 52Nov 2022 — avg 21 · peak 44Feb 2023 — avg 20 · peak 45May 2023 — avg 19 · peak 38Aug 2023 — avg 18 · peak 38Nov 2023 — avg 19 · peak 36Feb 2024 — avg 18 · peak 37May 2024 — avg 18 · peak 34Aug 2024 — avg 16 · peak 30Nov 2024 — avg 17 · peak 33Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 23May 2025 — avg 13 · peak 26Aug 2025 — avg 12 · peak 21Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 19Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 20May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

17
achievements tracked
80.2%
earned "Bookworm"
29.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0211%17

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

Player tags

3DPvPStrategyTabletopTop-DownCard GameDifficultBoard GameTurn-BasedCompetitive

Census log

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

Recent updates

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