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The Tale of a Common Man

Aldorlea Games · 2016-09-02

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

2
playing now
95%
positive of 151 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.79
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 60% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.8k–9.1k copies

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

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.80-92%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 28 of 51 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 2 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).

Details

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

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGAnimeIndieCasualFantasyRPGMakerStrategyAdventureExplorationReplay Value

Census log

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

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