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Talented

TurtleFox Games · 2024-12-20

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 31, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Slay waves of spooky enemies for 20 nights to survive 'The Demonic Conveyor Belt'. Talented is an arcade roguelite with randomly generated skill trees. Choose your upgrades and abilities wisely and you might just make it out alive. Are you truly Talented?

Talented is an Action, Indie game released in 2024, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, priced at $5.99, with a Very Positive (92% of 1507 reviews) sentiment.

9
playing now
92%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 119 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 30k–68k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,507 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2023-10-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 11 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26126120232026Week of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2632026-09-15 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 26 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40212Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 34 · peak 180Dec 2023 — avg 83 · peak 227Jan 2024 — avg 68 · peak 163Feb 2024 — avg 28 · peak 78Mar 2024 — avg 30 · peak 105Apr 2024 — avg 18 · peak 36May 2024 — avg 18 · peak 59Jun 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38Jul 2024 — avg 16 · peak 39Aug 2024 — avg 43 · peak 103Sep 2024 — avg 32 · peak 80Oct 2024 — avg 17 · peak 59Nov 2024 — avg 21 · peak 47Dec 2024 — avg 181 · peak 1,001Jan 2025 — avg 402 · peak 1,063Feb 2025 — avg 131 · peak 297Mar 2025 — avg 107 · peak 326Apr 2025 — avg 45 · peak 116May 2025 — avg 47 · peak 187Jun 2025 — avg 62 · peak 176Jul 2025 — avg 43 · peak 98Aug 2025 — avg 59 · peak 272Sep 2025 — avg 45 · peak 134Oct 2025 — avg 32 · peak 108Nov 2025 — avg 50 · peak 256Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 67Jan 2026 — avg 29 · peak 101Feb 2026 — avg 45 · peak 119Mar 2026 — avg 18 · peak 38Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 36May 2026 — avg 27 · peak 84Jun 2026 — avg 23 · peak 55Jul 2026 — avg 20 · peak 42Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 34
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.492023-10-312026-08-022023-10-31 — best price $1.492023-11-06 — best price $1.992023-12-22 — best price $1.492024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-01-16 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $2.242024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-05-13 — best price $2.242024-05-20 — best price $2.992024-05-24 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $2.792025-03-20 — best price $3.992025-05-05 — best price $3.192025-05-11 — best price $3.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $2.792025-10-06 — best price $3.992025-10-31 — best price $2.592025-11-07 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $2.792026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-01-31 — best price $2.992026-02-14 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $2.592026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-05-05 — best price $5.992026-06-08 — best price $3.892026-06-15 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $3.892026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-07-24 — best price $3.892026-08-02 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
97.9%
earned "Slayer"
50.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2025-03-07, latest 2026-01-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,0950%240

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeCombatClickerStylizedControllerRogue-like

Census log

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

Recent updates

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