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Sundered®: Eldritch Edition cover art

Sundered®: Eldritch Edition

Thunder Lotus · 2017-07-28

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 28, 2017 (Linux), Jul 28, 2017 (Mac), Dec 21, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 28, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jul 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sundered is a chaotic hand­-drawn metroidvania where you resist or embrace ancient eldritch powers, a challenging and unique take on a classic genre from the creators of Jotun, now with local co-op!

Sundered®: Eldritch Edition is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (82% of 5175 reviews).

6
playing now
82%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (0 downloads)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (1,964 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Sundered is a Metroidvania video game developed and published by Canadian studio Thunder Lotus Games. It was released on July 28, 2017, for Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and PlayStation 4. A definitive version of the game, Sundered: Eldritch Edition, was released on December 21, 2018, for Nintendo Switch and Xbox One and on May 26, 2020, on Stadia.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 97 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 129k–311k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,175 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at IndieGala Store (2022-07-12) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 103 of 158 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16116120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1412026-09-16 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1840Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 33Jun 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2017 — avg 25 · peak 72Dec 2017 — avg 33 · peak 135Mar 2018 — avg 17 · peak 44Jun 2018 — avg 45 · peak 106Sep 2018 — avg 15 · peak 39Dec 2018 — avg 129 · peak 544Mar 2019 — avg 63 · peak 165Jun 2019 — avg 56 · peak 147Sep 2019 — avg 29 · peak 70Dec 2019 — avg 39 · peak 105Mar 2020 — avg 38 · peak 90Jun 2020 — avg 32 · peak 101Sep 2020 — avg 26 · peak 63Dec 2020 — avg 29 · peak 70Mar 2021 — avg 22 · peak 48Jun 2021 — avg 23 · peak 64Sep 2021 — avg 17 · peak 42Dec 2021 — avg 26 · peak 66Mar 2022 — avg 21 · peak 47Jun 2022 — avg 15 · peak 41Sep 2022 — avg 11 · peak 27Dec 2022 — avg 18 · peak 41Mar 2023 — avg 12 · peak 33Jun 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Sep 2023 — avg 10 · peak 24Dec 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 31Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 32Sep 2024 — avg 9 · peak 33Dec 2024 — avg 18 · peak 55Mar 2025 — avg 24 · peak 61Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.56$1.992017-07-142026-09-092017-07-14 — best price $17.992018-01-18 — best price $19.992018-07-17 — best price $11.992018-11-30 — best price $5.002019-04-30 — best price $19.992019-09-04 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-04-14 — best price $19.992020-07-25 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-03-01 — best price $17.992021-06-12 — best price $9.992021-09-23 — best price $19.992021-12-27 — best price $19.992022-03-12 — best price $17.592022-05-26 — best price $17.882022-08-22 — best price $4.992022-11-25 — best price $4.992023-01-31 — best price $19.992023-05-23 — best price $3.992023-07-21 — best price $3.982023-09-15 — best price $2.992023-11-22 — best price $4.992024-01-18 — best price $4.002024-03-22 — best price $4.992024-05-29 — best price $19.992024-08-13 — best price $4.992024-10-23 — best price $19.992025-02-05 — best price $2.992025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-07-01 — best price $2.992025-08-28 — best price $19.992025-10-30 — best price $19.992025-12-31 — best price $19.992026-02-27 — best price $19.992026-04-28 — best price $9.992026-07-06 — best price $2.992026-09-09 — best price $3.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11772026-05-31 — 19 pageviews2026-06-04 — 18 pageviews2026-06-08 — 20 pageviews2026-06-12 — 27 pageviews2026-06-16 — 25 pageviews2026-06-20 — 26 pageviews2026-06-24 — 15 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-02 — 21 pageviews2026-07-06 — 17 pageviews2026-07-10 — 22 pageviews2026-07-14 — 25 pageviews2026-07-18 — 27 pageviews2026-07-22 — 23 pageviews2026-07-26 — 30 pageviews2026-07-30 — 23 pageviews2026-08-03 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 12 pageviews2026-08-11 — 22 pageviews2026-08-15 — 19 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 19 pageviews2026-08-27 — 26 pageviews2026-08-31 — 29 pageviews2026-09-04 — 19 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-12 — 22 pageviews2026-09-16 — 19 pageviews2026-09-20 — 26 pageviews2026-09-24 — 19 pageviews2026-09-28 — 24 pageviews2026-10-02 — 10 pageviews2026-10-06 — 32 pageviews2026-10-09 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
79.4%
earned "Valkyrie Gift"
17.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-07-28 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionAdventureDifficultHand-drawnPlatformerRoguevaniaAtmosphericLovecraftian

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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