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The Keep

CINEMAX GAMES · 2017-03-16

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2014 (Nintendo 3DS), Mar 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore the subterranean depths in this first-person dungeon crawler with real-time combat, a unique rune magic system, exploration, and puzzle solving. This game will awaken memories of what made old-school dungeons so much fun to play while you fight, hunt for hidden treasures, and avoid deadly traps.

The Keep is a $2.99 Indie and RPG game released in 2017, with an estimated owner base of 0 to 20,000 and a Mostly Positive sentiment based on 70% of 190 reviews.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

70%
positive of 190 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)
The Keep is a role-playing video game developed and published by Cinemax.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 51,854 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 190 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-01-18) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 20 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.002017-03-162026-09-072017-03-16 — best price $13.492017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-08-13 — best price $4.492019-01-21 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-12-01 — best price $5.092020-02-27 — best price $7.492020-05-21 — best price $14.992020-07-13 — best price $14.992020-07-31 — best price $14.992020-08-23 — best price $13.392020-09-21 — best price $2.992020-10-10 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992020-12-17 — best price $13.392021-01-15 — best price $14.992021-02-12 — best price $13.392021-03-05 — best price $14.992021-03-24 — best price $14.992021-04-19 — best price $14.992021-05-20 — best price $14.992021-06-23 — best price $11.012021-09-12 — best price $9.442021-11-01 — best price $14.992022-01-18 — best price $1.002022-05-15 — best price $14.992022-10-15 — best price $14.992023-03-11 — best price $14.992023-11-20 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-09-30 — best price $7.492025-01-17 — best price $14.992025-07-24 — best price $14.992026-01-08 — best price $2.992026-07-02 — best price $4.492026-09-07 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 3 pageviews2026-06-15 — 4 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 7 pageviews2026-07-17 — 2 pageviews2026-07-21 — 5 pageviews2026-07-25 — 4 pageviews2026-07-29 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-10 — 8 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 2 pageviews2026-08-30 — 4 pageviews2026-09-03 — 0 pageviews2026-09-07 — 6 pageviews2026-09-11 — 5 pageviews2026-09-15 — 4 pageviews2026-09-19 — 12 pageviews2026-09-23 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 10 pageviews2026-10-01 — 8 pageviews2026-10-05 — 2 pageviews2026-10-09 — 7 pageviews2026-10-13 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
39.4%
earned "Tutorial"
10.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Czech, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-05-25 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGIndieRetroActionPuzzleFantasyAdventureReal-TimeOld SchoolExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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