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The Deer God cover art

The Deer God

Crescent Moon Games · 2015-02-27

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Indie

Modes: Single player, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 25, 2017 (PlayStation Vita), Jan 05, 2015 (Linux), Jan 05, 2015 (Mac), Sep 03, 2015 (iOS), Sep 02, 2015 (Android)

The Deer God is a breathtaking 3D pixel art adventure that will challenge your religion and your platforming skills. It's a game about survival, reincarnation, and karma; all set in a breathtaking and unique 3D pixelized world. Feast your eyes on the beautiful lighting, day and night system, and vast landscapes.

The Deer God is a 2015 Indie game priced at $14.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 477 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
65%
positive of 477 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
52/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3.26★
PlayStation Store rating (102 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Deer God is a platform game developed by Crescent Moon Games and published by Mobot Studios on Wii U and Level 77 on Nintendo Switch. It was first released for Linux, OS X, and Windows in early access on December 2, 2014, followed by a full release on February 27, 2015. The game was released for the Xbox One on September 1, 2015, on Android and iOS on September 3, 2015, on the Wii U on April 28, 2016, on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on April 25, 2017, and on the Nintendo Switch on December 21, 2017.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (37 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 50,336 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 477 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2016-10-28) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 2 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220142026Week of 2014-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 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 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-112015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-03-11 — best price $14.992015-08-31 — best price $10.492015-11-02 — best price $14.992016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-02-12 — best price $14.992016-12-22 — best price $3.742017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $7.492018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-11-22 — best price $7.492018-12-10 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $7.492019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $7.492020-11-02 — best price $14.992022-06-30 — best price $12.742022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $7.492024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.992026-09-20 — best price $14.992026-10-11 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1522026-06-01 — 10 pageviews2026-06-05 — 4 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4 pageviews2026-06-25 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 15 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 3 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 15 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 3 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 2 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4 pageviews2026-09-05 — 3 pageviews2026-09-09 — 10 pageviews2026-09-13 — 6 pageviews2026-09-17 — 8 pageviews2026-09-21 — 6 pageviews2026-09-25 — 5 pageviews2026-09-29 — 2 pageviews2026-10-03 — 12 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews2026-10-11 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
24.1%
earned "Hungry Jack"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)8,8436%29
Steam (Steam)9806%30
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieNatureAdventurePlatformerAtmosphericSingleplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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