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Thea: The Awakening

MuHa Games · 2015-11-20

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 31, 2017 (PlayStation 4), May 31, 2017 (Xbox One), Nov 20, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 01, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Thea: The Awakening is a turn-based strategic survival game inspired by the Slavic mythology and set in a procedural dark fantasy world infused with non-linear story and unique combat system.

Thea: The Awakening is an Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (88% of 3780 reviews).

9
playing now
88%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (6.8k downloads)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (360 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Thea: The Awakening is a 2015 strategy video game developed and released by MuHa Games. It is based on Slavic folklore and includes minigames based on several different genres. It was followed by Thea 2: The Shattering. Another installment, Project Thea, was released to Steam early access on November 20, 2025.

Trailer

Thea: The Awakening trailer thumbnail

Thea: The Awakening - Gameplay Trailer | PS4

≈300,595 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 54 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 50,067 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 95k–227k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,780 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.99-65%
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at Fanatical (2022-05-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 117 of 153 observed days · $6.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
999920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3892026-09-15 14:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 24 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 25 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 22 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 36 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 27 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 17 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 21 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 38 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 16 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41521Sep 2015Aug 2026Sep 2015 — avg 31 · peak 195Jan 2016 — avg 255 · peak 588May 2016 — avg 189 · peak 492Sep 2016 — avg 358 · peak 749Jan 2017 — avg 305 · peak 713May 2017 — avg 377 · peak 1,160Sep 2017 — avg 215 · peak 573Jan 2018 — avg 190 · peak 374May 2018 — avg 130 · peak 264Sep 2018 — avg 141 · peak 256Jan 2019 — avg 160 · peak 321May 2019 — avg 136 · peak 345Sep 2019 — avg 68 · peak 142Jan 2020 — avg 69 · peak 164May 2020 — avg 59 · peak 118Sep 2020 — avg 42 · peak 84Jan 2021 — avg 53 · peak 99May 2021 — avg 77 · peak 191Sep 2021 — avg 45 · peak 108Jan 2022 — avg 46 · peak 100May 2022 — avg 35 · peak 74Sep 2022 — avg 38 · peak 80Jan 2023 — avg 36 · peak 82May 2023 — avg 35 · peak 76Sep 2023 — avg 28 · peak 67Jan 2024 — avg 32 · peak 65May 2024 — avg 28 · peak 60Sep 2024 — avg 29 · peak 65Jan 2025 — avg 29 · peak 67May 2025 — avg 27 · peak 55Sep 2025 — avg 24 · peak 53Jan 2026 — avg 33 · peak 67May 2026 — avg 24 · peak 48Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 50
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.49$2.972015-09-282026-10-152015-09-28 — best price $17.992016-02-19 — best price $15.992016-09-08 — best price $11.992017-04-07 — best price $19.992017-08-29 — best price $11.992017-12-19 — best price $9.992018-05-10 — best price $9.992018-09-08 — best price $19.992019-01-10 — best price $7.992019-04-16 — best price $7.992019-08-01 — best price $7.992019-10-24 — best price $9.992020-01-05 — best price $19.992020-03-10 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $4.992020-10-23 — best price $19.992021-03-01 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $6.992021-10-05 — best price $15.742021-12-30 — best price $6.152022-03-25 — best price $19.512022-07-14 — best price $19.992022-11-15 — best price $19.992023-02-10 — best price $4.992023-05-10 — best price $9.992023-08-17 — best price $4.392023-11-13 — best price $6.992024-01-27 — best price $19.992024-04-29 — best price $13.492024-07-23 — best price $15.742024-11-08 — best price $9.992025-02-01 — best price $19.992025-05-09 — best price $19.992025-08-26 — best price $4.192025-12-01 — best price $13.492026-03-07 — best price $15.742026-05-27 — best price $19.992026-08-31 — best price $6.992026-09-30 — best price $6.992026-10-15 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4412026-05-30 — 11 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 10 pageviews2026-07-09 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 7 pageviews2026-07-17 — 5 pageviews2026-07-21 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 3 pageviews2026-07-29 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 5 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-10 — 10 pageviews2026-08-14 — 8 pageviews2026-08-18 — 7 pageviews2026-08-22 — 44 pageviews2026-08-26 — 7 pageviews2026-08-30 — 10 pageviews2026-09-03 — 7 pageviews2026-09-07 — 8 pageviews2026-09-11 — 3 pageviews2026-09-15 — 5 pageviews2026-09-19 — 3 pageviews2026-09-23 — 5 pageviews2026-09-27 — 3 pageviews2026-10-01 — 4 pageviews2026-10-05 — 6 pageviews2026-10-08 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
54.2%
earned "Workshop"
11.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing4 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2016-04-15, latest 2016-06-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,7113%31
PS4 (PlayStation)16715%32
Xbox One (Xbox)1562%31
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XRPGIndieFantasyCraftingHex GridStrategySurvivalCard GameTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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