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The Tale of Bistun cover art

The Tale of Bistun

Black Cube Games · IMGN.PRO · 2022-07-13

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ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 21, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jan 21, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Jul 13, 2022 (Xbox One), Jan 21, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

The Tale of Bistun follows an amnesiac stone-carver on his journey up the slopes of the Mount Bistun. He’ll have to battle legions of monstrous foes using fast-paced, melee combat and powerful magical abilities as he explores the real world and the mysterious place, known as the Revelations Realm.

89%
positive of 190 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
4.03★
PlayStation Store rating (68 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$17.99
steam price (US)

On the craggy slopes of Mount Bistun, a stone carver awakens with no memory of who he is nor how he came to be there. He soon discovers that a blight is squeezing the life out of nature, tainting the local wildlife and turning it hostile. Encouraged by a strange, pleading whisper, the man journeys between the real world and the mysterious place of forgotten memories, known as the Revelations Realm, in search of answers. But a colossal ancient evil is watching, waiting, and is not best pleased that its plans are being disrupted . . . All the while, an omniscient narrator recounts the man’s eve(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (65 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 27,529 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.8k–8.6k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$5.39-70%
GOG$5.39-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$17.99
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.42 at GamesPlanet DE (2025-04-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 93 of 153 observed days · $2.97 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
616120222026Week of 2022-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$4.012022-06-292026-10-142022-06-29 — best price $14.392022-09-17 — best price $17.992022-11-04 — best price $17.992022-12-08 — best price $11.692023-01-30 — best price $17.992023-03-14 — best price $12.052023-04-24 — best price $17.992023-05-27 — best price $14.542023-07-21 — best price $9.502023-09-13 — best price $15.732023-11-02 — best price $8.702023-12-15 — best price $9.502024-01-27 — best price $17.992024-02-29 — best price $17.992024-04-12 — best price $14.542024-05-29 — best price $17.992024-06-26 — best price $8.992024-08-03 — best price $17.992024-09-09 — best price $8.992024-10-07 — best price $7.912024-11-05 — best price $8.822024-12-09 — best price $6.832025-01-18 — best price $17.992025-03-03 — best price $7.922025-04-18 — best price $6.872025-05-22 — best price $6.652025-06-16 — best price $17.992025-07-31 — best price $6.112025-09-04 — best price $6.112025-10-09 — best price $6.112025-12-01 — best price $12.592026-01-18 — best price $17.992026-03-17 — best price $5.392026-05-07 — best price $5.392026-06-01 — best price $5.392026-07-14 — best price $17.992026-08-15 — best price $17.992026-09-19 — best price $17.992026-10-05 — best price $17.992026-10-14 — best price $5.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
87.7%
earned "The Story Begins..."
45.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-07-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieActionCombatRomanceColorfulRelaxingAdventureEducationIsometricMythology

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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