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The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker

Olipa Games · 2024-10-27

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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).

31
playing now
83%
positive of 968 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9
Nexus mods (2.9k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 31 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 14% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 968 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-08-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 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

56102026-09-15 03:00 — 33 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 25 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 37 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 28 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 28 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 36 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 18 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 29 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 28 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 31 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 31 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 48 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 21 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 28 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 40 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1551Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 35 · peak 131Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 24Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 48 · peak 129Sep 2024 — avg 21 · peak 65Oct 2024 — avg 57 · peak 417Nov 2024 — avg 155 · peak 401Dec 2024 — avg 32 · peak 90Jan 2025 — avg 28 · peak 57Feb 2025 — avg 20 · peak 42Mar 2025 — avg 19 · peak 42Apr 2025 — avg 25 · peak 156May 2025 — avg 37 · peak 105Jun 2025 — avg 16 · peak 42Jul 2025 — avg 25 · peak 52Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 65Sep 2025 — avg 25 · peak 168Oct 2025 — avg 91 · peak 220Nov 2025 — avg 33 · peak 67Dec 2025 — avg 21 · peak 45Jan 2026 — avg 25 · peak 55Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 37Mar 2026 — avg 23 · peak 55Apr 2026 — avg 23 · peak 46May 2026 — avg 25 · peak 68Jun 2026 — avg 26 · peak 65Jul 2026 — avg 16 · peak 30Aug 2026 — avg 51 · peak 135
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

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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