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The Yellow King

Spellbook · www.Spellbook.com · 2020-02-05

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 21, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A dark horror MMO inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. Infinite dungeon exploration, boss raids, guilds, PvP, leaderboards, and the destruction of your soul by an uncaring immortal e̵̺̙̺̥̅͆̾̽̈̇̇̂̑̊͊̽̕͜͝lde̸̮͔̞̮͖͖̙̍̒̽̓r̶̨̹̠̪̫͓̻͍̥͇̄͌͂̋̊̚ g̶̩̮̙̾̎̌̋̎͌͘͠oḓ̸̛̮̦̮͎͖̖͖͕͊͋̉̂́͛ slowly devouring the universe.

The Yellow King is an $8.99 Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2020, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (48% of 218 reviews).

0
playing now
48%
positive of 218 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
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.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (94 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 27,909 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.4k–9.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 218 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.97 at Steam (2024-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
757520202026Week of 2020-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.972020-02-062025-08-042020-02-06 — best price $22.492020-07-09 — best price $24.992020-09-21 — best price $22.492020-12-01 — best price $24.992020-12-22 — best price $12.492021-02-01 — best price $24.992021-03-15 — best price $6.242021-06-24 — best price $6.242021-08-16 — best price $24.992021-10-28 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $24.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-04-04 — best price $6.242022-05-30 — best price $24.992022-08-22 — best price $6.242022-10-03 — best price $24.992022-12-12 — best price $6.242023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-03-06 — best price $6.242023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-05-10 — best price $8.992023-06-29 — best price $2.242023-07-24 — best price $8.992023-10-09 — best price $2.242023-11-28 — best price $8.992024-01-08 — best price $6.742024-02-26 — best price $8.992024-04-01 — best price $6.022024-05-20 — best price $8.992024-07-15 — best price $2.242024-09-02 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $1.972025-01-02 — best price $8.992025-03-13 — best price $2.242025-03-31 — best price $8.992025-06-16 — best price $3.592025-07-10 — best price $8.992025-08-04 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

PvPRPGGoreIndieActionCasualHorrorMMORPGViolentAdventure

Census log

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

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