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The Hayseed Knight

Maxi Molina (MaxiMJdev) · 2020-12-08

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Text, Auditory

Releases: Mar 01, 2024 (Linux), Dec 08, 2020 (Mac), Dec 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Come hear the tale of Ader, or how a poor one-eyed farm boy who's got nothing left to eat but his dreams, accidentally becomes the greatest knight in the kingdom this fully voice-acted and animated picaresque visual novel!

The Hayseed Knight is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (97% of 207 reviews).

97%
positive of 209 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

The Hayseed Knight follows the story of Ader, a one-eyed farmboy with seemingly impossible dreams, who somehow becomes the most celebrated knight the kingdom of Acazhor has ever known, as told by our two narrators: an old friend of Ader, who could no longer stand-by and let history misremember him, and Lin, a self-proclaimed descendant of the Knight that sees the whole story as little more than a steamy fanfiction. Drawing from Spanish XVIth century “picaresque novel”, the story plays as a satire on knightly and courtly tropes, with a twist— the heroic protagonist is exchanged for a go-getter(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 29,201 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.2k–9.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 209 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-02-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720202026Week of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$9.992020-12-082026-07-092020-12-08 — best price $12.742021-06-24 — best price $11.992022-05-05 — best price $11.992022-06-23 — best price $11.992022-12-02 — best price $11.992023-08-07 — best price $11.992023-09-30 — best price $11.992024-01-29 — best price $11.992024-02-29 — best price $19.992024-06-10 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-24 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-25 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-07 — best price $19.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
50.4%
earned "Horns Become Her"
13.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionNarrated Game MenusPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support

3 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5531%20

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

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyComedyLGBTQ+FantasyColorfulMedievalNarrationSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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