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The Tale of a Common Man

Aldorlea Games · 2016-09-02

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 17, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Undefeated's devs are back with a bigger, better tale of a man seeking revenge for the cruel murders of his wife and son. Can Jerrat achieve his aim without ceasing to be the man his wife loved? Find out in this great 16-bit style RPG, where the tale of a common man intertwines with the destiny of a nation.

The Tale of a Common Man is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG game released in 2016, priced at $0.79, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 151 reviews).

0
playing now
95%
positive of 151 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.79
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.8k–9.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 151 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.44 at GamersGate (2022-08-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 23 of 43 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 20 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 61 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 35 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 25 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 17 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.442016-09-032026-08-242016-09-03 — best price $6.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $2.002018-12-21 — best price $1.002019-05-31 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-20 — best price $0.752020-04-08 — best price $9.992020-07-29 — best price $0.992020-11-02 — best price $0.892021-01-07 — best price $0.752021-03-15 — best price $9.992021-06-30 — best price $9.992021-10-04 — best price $9.992022-01-01 — best price $0.992022-02-28 — best price $0.992022-05-16 — best price $0.742022-07-30 — best price $9.992022-10-31 — best price $0.592023-01-05 — best price $5.992023-03-13 — best price $0.442023-06-26 — best price $5.992023-09-30 — best price $9.992023-12-18 — best price $9.992024-03-18 — best price $9.992024-05-18 — best price $9.992024-07-15 — best price $0.752024-10-21 — best price $0.752024-12-27 — best price $0.752025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-06-27 — best price $0.752025-10-03 — best price $0.752026-03-03 — best price $9.992026-07-23 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $0.80
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
6.1%
earned "First Good Deed"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-05-22 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGAnimeIndieCasualFantasyRPGMakerStrategyAdventureExplorationReplay Value

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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