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Temtem

Crema · Balor Games · 2022-09-06

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AdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Jan 21, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 06, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 07, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Aug 07, 2020 (Xbox One), Dec 08, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Sep 06, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Temtem is an online creature-collection adventure. Tame 165 unique creatures across 7 vibrant islands, battle other tamers, tackle mythical Lairs, chase Luma & Umbra variants, and breed your favorite Tems - with friends by your side! Dive into a colorful monster catching adventure, so Temtem up!

Temtem is an Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer and RPG game released in 2022, priced at $44.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 39,316 reviews).

69
playing now
81%
positive of 39k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (141 downloads)
3.08★
PlayStation Store rating (2,597 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 63% recommend · from 33 critics
125h
to beat · rushed 100h · completionist 250h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$44.99
steam price (US)

69 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Temtem is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Spanish developer Crema, and published by Humble Bundle. It was released in early access through Steam on January 21, 2020, and PlayStation 5 on December 8, 2020, with the Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series X/S versions released alongside the full release of the game on September 6, 2022. Temtem uses the Unity development engine, and is a creature-collection video game greatly inspired by the Pokémon series. The game was partly funded through the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, from May to June 2018.

Trailer

Temtem trailer thumbnail

Temtem - Official 1.0 Release Date Trailer

≈193,109 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 69 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 290 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (10,896 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 28,617 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 786k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 39,316 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$8.99-80%
Microsoft Store$8.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2025-11-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $44.99 · on sale 21 of 36 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.8k9.8k20202026Week of 2020-01-01: 9,750 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,146 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4,758 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 800 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 952 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,089 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,098 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 615 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

162322026-09-14 20:00 — 135 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 62 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 78 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 139 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 84 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 32 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 125 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 86 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 55 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 124 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 73 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 53 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 83 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 67 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 68 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 139 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 87 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 45 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 90 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 87 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 62 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 76 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 107 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 69 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
22k105Jan 2020Aug 2026Jan 2020 — avg 21,967 · peak 39,501Apr 2020 — avg 1,935 · peak 3,132Jul 2020 — avg 1,593 · peak 6,974Oct 2020 — avg 777 · peak 1,690Jan 2021 — avg 1,173 · peak 1,791Apr 2021 — avg 2,254 · peak 5,355Jul 2021 — avg 1,239 · peak 2,360Oct 2021 — avg 516 · peak 896Jan 2022 — avg 1,427 · peak 2,542Apr 2022 — avg 709 · peak 1,569Jul 2022 — avg 695 · peak 1,129Oct 2022 — avg 2,007 · peak 4,539Jan 2023 — avg 853 · peak 1,574Apr 2023 — avg 550 · peak 1,008Jul 2023 — avg 910 · peak 1,688Oct 2023 — avg 712 · peak 1,508Jan 2024 — avg 514 · peak 968Apr 2024 — avg 181 · peak 339Jul 2024 — avg 212 · peak 390Oct 2024 — avg 393 · peak 757Jan 2025 — avg 377 · peak 786Apr 2025 — avg 201 · peak 400Jul 2025 — avg 211 · peak 359Oct 2025 — avg 185 · peak 406Jan 2026 — avg 196 · peak 440Apr 2026 — avg 265 · peak 654Jul 2026 — avg 133 · peak 326Aug 2026 — avg 105 · peak 191
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$44.99$8.992019-07-022026-10-142019-07-02 — best price $34.992020-12-08 — best price $39.992021-07-31 — best price $41.992022-11-22 — best price $35.992022-12-19 — best price $35.992023-01-05 — best price $44.992023-03-16 — best price $35.992023-03-27 — best price $44.992023-05-23 — best price $44.992023-06-29 — best price $30.142023-08-21 — best price $44.992023-09-25 — best price $26.992023-10-03 — best price $44.992023-11-17 — best price $26.992023-12-21 — best price $22.492024-02-22 — best price $44.992024-03-21 — best price $44.992024-05-13 — best price $17.992024-05-30 — best price $44.992024-07-04 — best price $44.992024-07-25 — best price $44.992024-09-02 — best price $44.992024-11-27 — best price $12.592025-01-02 — best price $44.992025-05-12 — best price $13.492025-07-10 — best price $44.992025-09-04 — best price $44.992025-11-19 — best price $8.992025-12-04 — best price $44.992026-02-05 — best price $13.492026-03-12 — best price $44.992026-04-09 — best price $8.992026-04-21 — best price $44.992026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-08-28 — best price $44.992026-09-17 — best price $8.992026-09-20 — best price $8.992026-10-09 — best price $8.992026-10-12 — best price $8.992026-10-14 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

71232026-05-30 — 29 pageviews2026-06-03 — 29 pageviews2026-06-07 — 56 pageviews2026-06-11 — 36 pageviews2026-06-15 — 40 pageviews2026-06-19 — 32 pageviews2026-06-23 — 30 pageviews2026-06-27 — 39 pageviews2026-07-01 — 32 pageviews2026-07-05 — 47 pageviews2026-07-09 — 52 pageviews2026-07-13 — 55 pageviews2026-07-17 — 49 pageviews2026-07-21 — 64 pageviews2026-07-25 — 41 pageviews2026-07-29 — 38 pageviews2026-08-02 — 59 pageviews2026-08-06 — 55 pageviews2026-08-10 — 24 pageviews2026-08-14 — 32 pageviews2026-08-18 — 44 pageviews2026-08-22 — 47 pageviews2026-08-26 — 58 pageviews2026-08-30 — 50 pageviews2026-09-03 — 35 pageviews2026-09-07 — 39 pageviews2026-09-11 — 37 pageviews2026-09-15 — 28 pageviews2026-09-19 — 31 pageviews2026-09-23 — 37 pageviews2026-09-27 — 36 pageviews2026-10-01 — 51 pageviews2026-10-05 — 44 pageviews2026-10-08 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
34.4%
earned "Gear Up!"
2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-09-06, latest 2022-09-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,0701%47
PS5 (PlayStation)4,2645%48
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,1313%47
Switch (Nintendo)1780%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

PvEPvPRPGAnimeCo-opMMORPGCartoonyAdventureStory RichMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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