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The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia

Morbidware · Headup · 2019-02-14

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 12, 2021 (Dreamcast), 2019 (Mac), Feb 14, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dodge bullets while typing exorcisms at the very same time: Get ready for an electrifying mix between bullet hell and typing game! Turn on both sides of your brain and jump into the adventure of private exorcist Ray Bibbia!

The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia is an Action, Indie game released in 2019, priced at $1.49, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1698 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

1
playing now
81%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia is a hybrid bullet hell and typing video game developed by Italian studio Morbidware and published by Headup Games. It was released on February 14, 2019, for Windows on the Steam client. The game revolves around an ex-priest who is also a freelance exorcist. The game received mostly positive reviews, praising its music, theme and graphics.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 83 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 43k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,711 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$1.19-92%
GOG$1.49-90%
IndieGala$1.49-90%
Steam$1.49-90%
GOG$1.49-90%
GamersGate$1.50-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Epic Game Store (2025-09-04) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 145 of 178 observed days · $0.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15915920192026Week of 2019-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
281Feb 2019Aug 2026Feb 2019 — avg 9 · peak 30May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2020 — avg 3 · peak 23Aug 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 17Feb 2021 — avg 28 · peak 378May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2021 — avg 9 · peak 30Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.01$1.082019-02-142026-10-142019-02-14 — best price $11.992019-06-17 — best price $14.992019-10-18 — best price $14.992020-01-10 — best price $6.992020-03-09 — best price $8.992020-05-21 — best price $14.992020-08-07 — best price $14.992020-10-04 — best price $14.992020-11-28 — best price $5.992021-01-17 — best price $14.992021-03-12 — best price $14.992021-05-04 — best price $11.842021-06-27 — best price $3.442021-09-06 — best price $3.752021-11-21 — best price $14.992022-02-16 — best price $11.012022-05-31 — best price $12.632022-09-25 — best price $11.012023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-04-17 — best price $13.392023-08-03 — best price $14.992023-10-30 — best price $2.992024-01-23 — best price $14.992024-04-18 — best price $2.252024-07-22 — best price $10.792024-10-11 — best price $1.492025-01-06 — best price $2.122025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-07-08 — best price $1.492025-09-22 — best price $14.992025-12-08 — best price $1.082026-03-19 — best price $1.502026-05-27 — best price $14.992026-08-07 — best price $1.192026-09-06 — best price $1.492026-10-06 — best price $1.492026-10-14 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-05-30 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1 pageviews2026-06-15 — 4 pageviews2026-06-19 — 2 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-01 — 3 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 12 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 8 pageviews2026-08-14 — 5 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-22 — 6 pageviews2026-08-26 — 5 pageviews2026-08-30 — 2 pageviews2026-09-03 — 8 pageviews2026-09-07 — 9 pageviews2026-09-11 — 2 pageviews2026-09-15 — 4 pageviews2026-09-19 — 10 pageviews2026-09-23 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 3 pageviews2026-10-01 — 9 pageviews2026-10-05 — 10 pageviews2026-10-08 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
72.2%
earned "Caesar The Thief"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2019-02-14, latest 2022-03-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,8291%40

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

Player tags

2DGoreFunnyIndieRetroActionDemonsTypingDifficultDark Humor

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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