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Tails of Iron cover art

Tails of Iron

Odd Bug Studio · United Label · 2021-09-17

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 16, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 17, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 17, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 17, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Sep 16, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

Tails of Iron is an epic RPG Adventure with punishingly brutal combat. As Redgi, heir to the throne, you must embark on a perilous quest to reclaim your Kingdom. Explore a deceivingly charming world. Assemble a band of brave companions. Banish the merciless Frog clan!

Tails of Iron is a 2021 Action, Adventure, and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (88% of 15120 reviews).

94
playing now
88%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (8,234 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 18h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

94 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Tails of Iron is an action role-playing video game developed by Odd Bug Studio and published in 2021 by United Label. Players control an anthropomorphic rat who must kill frogs that have invaded his kingdom.

Trailer

Tails of Iron trailer thumbnail

Tails of Iron - Gameplay Trailer | PS5, PS4

≈497,517 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 94 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,580 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~198/week).
  • · Review velocity up 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 302k–680k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,120 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.37-91%
GreenManGaming$2.46-90%
Microsoft Store$2.49-90%
GOG$2.99-88%
Steam$2.99-88%
GOG$2.99-88%
GameBillet$3.00-88%
GamersGate$3.00-88%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.62 at Fanatical (2025-12-11) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 187 of 233 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 1,405 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

177182026-09-14 21:00 — 46 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 27 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 64 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 58 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 50 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 50 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 45 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 29 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 47 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 30 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 48 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 40 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 102 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 177 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 96 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 50 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 121 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 80 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 60 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 81 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 102 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 94 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51321Sep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 513 · peak 1,537Nov 2021 — avg 89 · peak 285Jan 2022 — avg 70 · peak 242Mar 2022 — avg 37 · peak 134May 2022 — avg 42 · peak 150Jul 2022 — avg 55 · peak 162Sep 2022 — avg 21 · peak 47Nov 2022 — avg 55 · peak 147Jan 2023 — avg 59 · peak 159Mar 2023 — avg 41 · peak 117May 2023 — avg 46 · peak 218Jul 2023 — avg 65 · peak 172Sep 2023 — avg 35 · peak 131Nov 2023 — avg 40 · peak 132Jan 2024 — avg 89 · peak 214Mar 2024 — avg 228 · peak 1,198May 2024 — avg 248 · peak 1,090Jul 2024 — avg 128 · peak 327Sep 2024 — avg 51 · peak 112Nov 2024 — avg 76 · peak 275Jan 2025 — avg 137 · peak 337Mar 2025 — avg 82 · peak 251May 2025 — avg 46 · peak 111Jul 2025 — avg 57 · peak 124Sep 2025 — avg 54 · peak 204Nov 2025 — avg 74 · peak 243Jan 2026 — avg 129 · peak 371Mar 2026 — avg 54 · peak 164May 2026 — avg 65 · peak 170Jul 2026 — avg 93 · peak 189Aug 2026 — avg 53 · peak 180
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$1.742021-09-172026-10-142021-09-17 — best price $16.872021-12-11 — best price $24.992022-02-25 — best price $17.492022-05-02 — best price $14.992022-07-08 — best price $19.882022-09-07 — best price $12.492022-10-27 — best price $18.362022-12-20 — best price $9.992023-02-20 — best price $20.992023-04-26 — best price $4.992023-06-20 — best price $9.992023-08-02 — best price $24.992023-10-03 — best price $19.882024-01-18 — best price $6.242024-04-05 — best price $8.742024-06-08 — best price $18.362024-08-13 — best price $24.992024-09-27 — best price $3.322024-11-21 — best price $3.362024-12-26 — best price $5.002025-03-19 — best price $4.992025-06-03 — best price $18.362025-07-30 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $2.372025-11-21 — best price $2.142026-01-05 — best price $19.792026-02-20 — best price $24.992026-04-02 — best price $4.242026-05-11 — best price $5.002026-06-18 — best price $19.882026-08-11 — best price $2.462026-09-05 — best price $2.992026-09-30 — best price $2.462026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

86152026-05-30 — 43 pageviews2026-06-03 — 39 pageviews2026-06-07 — 37 pageviews2026-06-11 — 24 pageviews2026-06-15 — 35 pageviews2026-06-19 — 30 pageviews2026-06-23 — 26 pageviews2026-06-27 — 31 pageviews2026-07-01 — 26 pageviews2026-07-05 — 49 pageviews2026-07-09 — 40 pageviews2026-07-13 — 45 pageviews2026-07-17 — 38 pageviews2026-07-21 — 37 pageviews2026-07-25 — 39 pageviews2026-07-29 — 43 pageviews2026-08-02 — 31 pageviews2026-08-06 — 15 pageviews2026-08-10 — 37 pageviews2026-08-14 — 56 pageviews2026-08-18 — 40 pageviews2026-08-22 — 86 pageviews2026-08-26 — 57 pageviews2026-08-30 — 39 pageviews2026-09-03 — 41 pageviews2026-09-07 — 36 pageviews2026-09-11 — 30 pageviews2026-09-15 — 34 pageviews2026-09-19 — 38 pageviews2026-09-23 — 30 pageviews2026-09-27 — 29 pageviews2026-10-01 — 49 pageviews2026-10-05 — 44 pageviews2026-10-09 — 36 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
89.2%
earned "Complete Guard Faction"
38.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-10-28, latest 2023-12-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)15,6034%36
PS4 (PlayStation)14,6083%36
Steam (Steam)6,57410%36
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,7264%35
Switch (Nintendo)1620%0

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

2DRPGActionCombatFantasyAdventureDifficultNarrationAction RPGSouls-like

Census log

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

Recent updates

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