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The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker

Olipa Games · 2024-10-27

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 10, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A story driven solo RPG inspired by oldschool games like RuneScape and Ultima Online! Explore a sprawling medieval fantasy world full of npcs with dialogue, level skills, fight varied monsters and uncover the story of Rothar Aercrest – the cursed lord to the remote woodlands of Imberthale.

The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker is a 2024 Adventure, Indie, and RPG game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (84% of 902 reviews).

51
playing now
84%
positive of 902 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

51 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 51 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 96 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 902 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.29 at Steam (2026-04-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15415420232026Week of 2023-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

13472026-08-11 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 22 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 21 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 56 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 82 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 92 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 59 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 95 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 134 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 50 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 88 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 79 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 43 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 80 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 73 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 40 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 61 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 111 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 51 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$6.292023-03-102026-07-092023-03-10 — best price $13.492023-03-17 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $11.242023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $9.742023-11-28 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $9.742024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $11.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $11.242025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-04-26 — best price $8.992025-05-03 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $8.242025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-08-22 — best price $8.992025-08-29 — best price $14.992025-09-09 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-10-13 — best price $14.992025-11-28 — best price $7.492025-12-01 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-13 — best price $6.742026-03-16 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $6.742026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-20 — best price $6.292026-04-27 — best price $14.992026-06-03 — best price $7.492026-06-10 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

102026-08-27 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
51%
earned "A Rude Awakening"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6651%262

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

Player tags

PvERPGMagicActionArcheryFantasyCraftingAdventureLore-RichOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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