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The Protagonist: EX-1 cover art

The Protagonist: EX-1

3Mind Games · 2021-07-18

Steam

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 18, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You’re a highly trained soldier on a mission to infiltrate an alien space station that goes horribly wrong—find your team and discover the hidden truth. Upgrade, Craft, and Discover technologies, Enhance your character’s skills in this gripping turn-based tactical RPG.

The Protagonist: EX-1 is an Action, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $13.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 36 reviews).

0
playing now
64%
positive of 36 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 28,012 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $1.05 at GameBillet (2025-06-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 39 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420212026Week of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.122021-03-022026-08-242021-03-02 — best price $11.692021-10-12 — best price $24.992021-12-04 — best price $24.992022-01-06 — best price $24.992022-04-22 — best price $11.242022-07-21 — best price $19.672022-11-25 — best price $12.492023-01-02 — best price $19.672023-02-06 — best price $13.992023-03-08 — best price $9.992023-04-13 — best price $10.002023-05-08 — best price $9.372023-06-19 — best price $12.492023-07-17 — best price $24.992023-08-15 — best price $7.492023-09-15 — best price $2.802023-10-17 — best price $19.672023-11-22 — best price $6.242023-12-21 — best price $4.892024-01-25 — best price $24.992024-02-24 — best price $13.992024-03-27 — best price $3.742024-04-26 — best price $21.242024-06-18 — best price $2.492024-07-29 — best price $24.992024-08-27 — best price $13.992024-10-09 — best price $2.492024-11-15 — best price $2.492024-12-19 — best price $13.992025-01-28 — best price $24.992025-03-03 — best price $1.742025-04-28 — best price $19.672025-06-02 — best price $1.122025-07-17 — best price $2.492025-08-26 — best price $13.992025-12-08 — best price $1.402026-01-19 — best price $1.182026-02-27 — best price $24.992026-08-03 — best price $11.612026-08-24 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
77.9%
earned "Trust your instincts and your training"
1.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieAliensSci-fiStrategyTacticalLore-RichStory RichTurn-BasedMartial ArtsSingleplayer

Census log

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

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