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The Wratch's Den

PUNKCAKE Delicieux · 2023-08-17

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A byte-sized Dungeon Keeping roguelike: dig out your lair, populate it with monsters and protect the Wratch from heroes come for easy prestige.

The Wratch's Den is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 71 reviews).

0
playing now
80%
positive of 71 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

The Wratch has been defeated, they have gone into hiding with the pitiful remains of their army. Now it's up to you to dig out a proper base for The Wratch. You'll have to defend them against the heartless heroes come for easy prestige, and retrieve the 3 legendary Orbs of Infinite Power in order to come back out of the Den and crush human society once and for all.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 49,851 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 71 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-04-11) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520232026Week of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 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 — 1 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 — 1 players2026-10-02 23:00 — 2 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 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$2.992023-08-172026-07-092023-08-17 — best price $5.392023-11-14 — best price $4.792023-11-28 — best price $5.992023-12-21 — best price $4.492024-01-04 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $4.492024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-03-28 — best price $4.492024-04-04 — best price $5.992024-05-13 — best price $4.192024-05-20 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $4.192024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-09-30 — best price $4.192024-10-07 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $4.192024-12-04 — best price $5.992024-12-20 — best price $4.192025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $4.192025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-06-26 — best price $3.892025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $3.892025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-10-31 — best price $3.892025-11-07 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $3.892026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $3.892026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-04-11 — best price $2.992026-04-25 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
52.6%
earned "Architect Silver"
16.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

ArcadeFantasyMedievalStrategyNonlinearColony SimRogue-likeSimulationUndergroundStrategy RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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