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Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

Cultic Games · Fulqrum Publishing · 2019-09-26

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IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Sep 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2019 (Linux), Sep 26, 2019 (Mac)

Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is a 2019 Indie RPG priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 2521 reviews).

1
playing now
66%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (4 downloads)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones is a tactical role playing video game developed by Cultic Games. 1C Entertainment published it for PCs in 2019. It takes place in a Lovecraftian setting.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (344 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 63k–152k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,528 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
GreenManGaming$4.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-12-30) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 178 of 223 observed days · $2.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22622620192026Week of 2019-09-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1173Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 117 · peak 595Jan 2020 — avg 17 · peak 49Apr 2020 — avg 21 · peak 72Jul 2020 — avg 52 · peak 139Oct 2020 — avg 20 · peak 58Jan 2021 — avg 17 · peak 47Apr 2021 — avg 23 · peak 93Jul 2021 — avg 13 · peak 31Oct 2021 — avg 9 · peak 25Jan 2022 — avg 14 · peak 42Apr 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 32Oct 2022 — avg 10 · peak 34Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Apr 2023 — avg 14 · peak 51Jul 2023 — avg 9 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Apr 2024 — avg 11 · peak 37Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 15Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 27Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$1.992019-09-062026-10-142019-09-06 — best price $29.992019-11-21 — best price $25.492020-01-25 — best price $24.802020-04-08 — best price $14.992020-07-11 — best price $29.992020-09-21 — best price $29.992020-11-26 — best price $7.492021-01-25 — best price $29.992021-04-19 — best price $29.992021-06-18 — best price $4.992021-08-31 — best price $4.492021-11-19 — best price $4.992022-01-24 — best price $3.282022-04-09 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $3.992022-09-07 — best price $3.992022-11-23 — best price $3.992023-02-10 — best price $3.992023-05-01 — best price $17.392023-07-24 — best price $3.592023-10-18 — best price $3.992023-12-28 — best price $3.402024-03-22 — best price $15.742024-06-03 — best price $3.402024-08-14 — best price $19.992024-11-06 — best price $3.992025-01-13 — best price $15.742025-03-28 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $19.992025-08-14 — best price $3.992025-10-23 — best price $3.992025-12-23 — best price $3.992026-03-09 — best price $3.392026-05-11 — best price $4.002026-07-16 — best price $3.992026-09-01 — best price $3.992026-10-06 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2012026-05-26 — 12 pageviews2026-05-30 — 4 pageviews2026-06-03 — 11 pageviews2026-06-07 — 9 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 10 pageviews2026-06-19 — 9 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-01 — 4 pageviews2026-07-05 — 13 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 5 pageviews2026-07-21 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 5 pageviews2026-08-06 — 15 pageviews2026-08-10 — 8 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 20 pageviews2026-08-26 — 10 pageviews2026-08-30 — 4 pageviews2026-09-03 — 7 pageviews2026-09-07 — 7 pageviews2026-09-11 — 8 pageviews2026-09-15 — 7 pageviews2026-09-19 — 10 pageviews2026-09-23 — 7 pageviews2026-09-27 — 5 pageviews2026-10-01 — 7 pageviews2026-10-05 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 6 pageviews2026-10-12 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
45.1%
earned "World Dart Champion"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-09-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,8381%98

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

2DRPGCRPGIndieHorrorViolentStrategyAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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