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The Iron Oath

Curious Panda Games · Balor Games · 2023-11-02

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: TBD (Linux), Apr 19, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 02, 2023 (Mac)

Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.

The Iron Oath is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 923 reviews).

4
playing now
77%
positive of 923 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (70 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

The Iron Oath is a 2023 tactical role-playing video game developed by Curious Panda Games and published by Humble Games. Players manage a mercenary company, complete quests, engage in turn-based combat, and can optionally follow a revenge-themed main story. It entered early access in 2022 and is available for Windows and macOS.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (167 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 29,022 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 923 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.95 at GameBillet (2025-04-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 73 of 122 observed days · $13.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14314320222026Week of 2022-04-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2012026-09-15 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 20 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$12.492022-04-182026-10-152022-04-18 — best price $19.992022-08-10 — best price $16.992022-11-30 — best price $16.992022-12-23 — best price $14.542023-02-10 — best price $17.992023-03-21 — best price $17.992023-04-20 — best price $19.992023-05-30 — best price $17.992023-07-21 — best price $17.992023-08-25 — best price $17.992023-10-04 — best price $17.992023-11-03 — best price $20.972024-01-25 — best price $18.742024-02-21 — best price $17.492024-04-08 — best price $24.082024-05-08 — best price $24.992024-06-07 — best price $24.082024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-08-29 — best price $24.992024-10-07 — best price $24.992024-12-07 — best price $24.992025-01-04 — best price $24.992025-02-22 — best price $24.992025-05-30 — best price $24.992025-08-26 — best price $14.992025-11-05 — best price $24.992025-12-20 — best price $19.672026-02-05 — best price $14.992026-03-12 — best price $24.992026-05-01 — best price $24.992026-06-12 — best price $12.492026-07-29 — best price $24.992026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-09-07 — best price $14.992026-09-17 — best price $24.992026-09-27 — best price $14.992026-10-07 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1102026-05-29 — 5 pageviews2026-06-02 — 2 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 2 pageviews2026-06-14 — 8 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 2 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 2 pageviews2026-08-13 — 2 pageviews2026-08-17 — 6 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 11 pageviews2026-09-18 — 7 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 6 pageviews2026-09-30 — 2 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews2026-10-12 — 6 pageviews2026-10-14 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
45.4%
earned "Take The Oath"
6.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-04-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4610%33

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGFantasyMedievalStrategyTacticalOpen WorldStory RichStrategy RPGTactical RPG

Census log

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

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