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There Swings a Skull: Grim Tidings

Conor Walsh · Poison The Inkwell · 2022-09-15

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enter the doomed town of Pareildas. Watch as the flames turn bone and stone to ash. Like joined wicks, we'll all burn together.

97%
positive of 75 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.98
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 18,365 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 75 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.88 at Steam (2022-09-15) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.98 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220222026Week of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.98$4.882022-09-152026-07-092022-09-15 — best price $4.882022-10-25 — best price $4.882022-12-22 — best price $4.882023-02-13 — best price $4.882023-03-16 — best price $4.882023-06-29 — best price $4.882023-09-15 — best price $4.882023-11-21 — best price $4.882023-12-21 — best price $4.882024-02-12 — best price $4.882024-03-14 — best price $4.882024-06-27 — best price $4.882024-09-26 — best price $4.882024-11-27 — best price $4.882024-12-20 — best price $4.882025-02-03 — best price $4.882025-03-13 — best price $4.882025-06-27 — best price $4.882025-09-29 — best price $4.882025-10-27 — best price $4.882025-12-18 — best price $4.882026-02-09 — best price $4.882026-03-19 — best price $4.882026-06-25 — best price $4.882026-07-09 — best price $6.98
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-09-17 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DDarkHorrorLGBTQ+SurrealTop-DownStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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