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The Ballad Singer

Curtel Games · 2019-02-15

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Feb 15, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 15, 2019 (Mac)

The Ballad Singer is an asymmetric adventure, inspired by RPGs and game books, where you can experience many dynamic stories. Forge the fate of Hesperia through the stories of four different adventurers in a fantasy world completely illustrated and narrated.

77%
positive of 93 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$10.11
steam price (US)

The Ballad Singer is set in one of the fantasy fictional universes the writer Alberto De Stefano has created. As far as time lapse is concerned, tale events occur several years after events narrated in the Kalesin saga Published by A.Car. The Ballad Singer adventure will let you experience a different story each time. Its branch system is based on the "Chaos Theory" - a small change often leads to unexpected consequences that can affect all characters. Each event results in numbers of consequences affecting the entire Hesperia world and changing the whole game ecosystem. The narrator’s voice (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 24,278 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 93 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$10.11-56%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.65 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $22.99 · on sale 7 of 12 observed days · $0.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620182026Week of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$22.99$9.652018-09-282026-10-012018-09-28 — best price $22.992019-01-04 — best price $22.992019-03-25 — best price $22.992019-07-10 — best price $22.992019-10-14 — best price $22.992019-12-03 — best price $22.992020-01-02 — best price $22.992020-02-17 — best price $22.992020-04-13 — best price $22.992020-07-09 — best price $22.992020-09-14 — best price $22.992020-11-25 — best price $13.562021-02-11 — best price $11.262021-04-19 — best price $12.872021-08-09 — best price $12.642021-10-28 — best price $15.402021-11-24 — best price $14.482022-01-27 — best price $12.182022-04-04 — best price $11.952022-06-23 — best price $10.802022-08-22 — best price $11.492022-12-22 — best price $11.262023-05-25 — best price $11.722023-08-07 — best price $10.112023-12-21 — best price $11.262024-06-27 — best price $10.342024-12-20 — best price $11.492025-03-13 — best price $11.492025-09-29 — best price $10.342025-11-24 — best price $22.992026-03-19 — best price $9.652026-10-01 — best price $10.11
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-09-27 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieMusicNudityAdventureBeautifulHand-drawnStory RichKickstarterVisual NovelChoices Matter

Census log

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

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