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The Procession to Calvary

Joe Richardson · Akupara Games · 2020-04-09

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 07, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jul 02, 2021 (Xbox One), Jul 01, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 09, 2020 (Linux), Apr 09, 2020 (Mac), Apr 09, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician. The Procession to Calvary is a Pythonesque adventure game made from Renaissance paintings, and a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed Four Last Things.

The Procession to Calvary is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 1496 reviews).

5
playing now
97%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
4.70★
PlayStation Store rating (328 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The Procession to Calvary is a video game for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Android by Joe Richardson, released in 2020 and following on from his previous game Four Last Things. The game was released on Xbox Game Pass in October 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 138 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 28,889 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,541 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-70%
GOG$2.99-70%
GreenManGaming$3.00-70%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.50 at GameBillet (2026-09-08) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 174 of 175 observed days · $1.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12012020202026Week of 2020-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek 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

802026-09-15 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
131Apr 2020Aug 2026Apr 2020 — avg 9 · peak 24Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 13Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 13Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 32Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 50Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 43Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.542020-04-092026-10-152020-04-09 — best price $8.992020-11-25 — best price $6.992021-06-24 — best price $7.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-09 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-08-04 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-05-27 — best price $4.492024-11-27 — best price $4.492025-04-24 — best price $4.492025-09-08 — best price $3.992025-09-22 — best price $9.992025-10-09 — best price $4.492025-11-05 — best price $9.992025-11-25 — best price $9.992026-01-17 — best price $9.992026-02-09 — best price $3.992026-03-03 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $2.852026-04-13 — best price $3.252026-04-27 — best price $2.802026-05-13 — best price $9.992026-05-26 — best price $7.372026-06-06 — best price $3.482026-06-24 — best price $7.602026-07-13 — best price $7.192026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-08-09 — best price $3.002026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-09-04 — best price $1.542026-09-12 — best price $1.892026-09-20 — best price $2.992026-09-28 — best price $2.992026-10-06 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3862026-05-13 — 13 pageviews2026-05-17 — 18 pageviews2026-05-21 — 19 pageviews2026-05-25 — 14 pageviews2026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-02 — 23 pageviews2026-06-06 — 21 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 19 pageviews2026-06-18 — 18 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-26 — 13 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 26 pageviews2026-07-08 — 12 pageviews2026-07-12 — 22 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 27 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 31 pageviews2026-08-01 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-17 — 6 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 19 pageviews2026-08-29 — 38 pageviews2026-09-02 — 21 pageviews2026-09-06 — 25 pageviews2026-09-10 — 18 pageviews2026-09-14 — 17 pageviews2026-09-18 — 12 pageviews2026-09-22 — 20 pageviews2026-09-26 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 17 pageviews2026-10-08 — 11 pageviews2026-10-12 — 8 pageviews2026-10-13 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
59.6%
earned "Spank the Bishop"
38.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)10,65354%21
Steam (Steam)1,83835%21
PS4 (PlayStation)65179%22
PS4 (PlayStation)32581%22
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieShortComedyPuzzleSurrealMedievalHistoricalStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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