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Thymesia

OverBorder Studio · Team17 · 2022-08-18

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 18, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Aug 18, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 18, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Thymesia is a gruelling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system. In a kingdom where death spreads, play as a mysterious character known by the code name "Corvus". Prey upon your enemies, wield the power of disease and find the truth in your own memories.

Thymesia is an Action game released in 2022, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners, priced at $7.99, and holding a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 10109 reviews).

20
playing now
82%
positive of 10k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
25
Nexus mods (7.6k downloads)
3.52★
PlayStation Store rating (4,508 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 35h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Thymesia is a 2022 soulslike action role-playing video game developed by Taiwanese indie studio OverBorder Studio and published by Team17. It was released on August 18, 2022 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, alongside a cloud-based version for Nintendo Switch; a cloud-based Amazon Luna version followed on September 15, 2022. The game's combat and plague-themed setting draw heavily on FromSoftware's Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Trailer

Thymesia trailer thumbnail

Thymesia - Official Launch Trailer

≈103,904 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 605 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~76/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,307 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 28,023 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 202k–455k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,109 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.35 at GameBillet (2026-07-23) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 157 of 211 observed days · $0.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20222026Week of 2022-08-01: 2,004 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 40 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

76102026-09-16 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 31 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 36 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 41 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 44 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 34 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 30 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 50 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 35 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 35 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 66 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 38 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 46 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 75 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 28 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 32 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 51 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 37 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 34 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 39 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 26 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k18Aug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 1,206 · peak 3,194Oct 2022 — avg 104 · peak 334Dec 2022 — avg 111 · peak 226Feb 2023 — avg 44 · peak 94Apr 2023 — avg 28 · peak 59Jun 2023 — avg 45 · peak 146Aug 2023 — avg 45 · peak 153Oct 2023 — avg 37 · peak 114Dec 2023 — avg 46 · peak 83Feb 2024 — avg 46 · peak 141Apr 2024 — avg 24 · peak 57Jun 2024 — avg 52 · peak 195Aug 2024 — avg 37 · peak 88Oct 2024 — avg 24 · peak 83Dec 2024 — avg 41 · peak 84Feb 2025 — avg 32 · peak 80Apr 2025 — avg 45 · peak 160Jun 2025 — avg 47 · peak 124Aug 2025 — avg 37 · peak 99Oct 2025 — avg 21 · peak 53Dec 2025 — avg 28 · peak 58Feb 2026 — avg 22 · peak 66Apr 2026 — avg 24 · peak 62Jun 2026 — avg 40 · peak 100Aug 2026 — avg 43 · peak 91
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$5.442022-06-102026-10-152022-06-10 — best price $99.992022-10-25 — best price $19.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-01-16 — best price $19.992023-03-13 — best price $21.892023-05-06 — best price $15.992023-06-27 — best price $18.492023-08-21 — best price $13.992023-10-17 — best price $24.992023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-01-08 — best price $21.992024-02-14 — best price $13.192024-03-25 — best price $13.192024-05-03 — best price $14.992024-06-11 — best price $12.742024-07-29 — best price $12.492024-08-24 — best price $10.242024-09-27 — best price $11.852024-11-13 — best price $24.992024-12-11 — best price $8.622025-01-06 — best price $23.742025-02-24 — best price $17.992025-04-03 — best price $8.742025-05-06 — best price $20.992025-06-03 — best price $20.992025-07-22 — best price $7.862025-09-01 — best price $8.492025-10-08 — best price $24.992025-11-13 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-02-14 — best price $7.472026-03-26 — best price $8.372026-04-30 — best price $24.992026-06-01 — best price $24.992026-07-20 — best price $5.622026-08-19 — best price $22.992026-09-11 — best price $6.252026-10-01 — best price $6.252026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

136222026-05-29 — 28 pageviews2026-06-02 — 35 pageviews2026-06-06 — 38 pageviews2026-06-10 — 55 pageviews2026-06-14 — 46 pageviews2026-06-18 — 37 pageviews2026-06-22 — 136 pageviews2026-06-26 — 39 pageviews2026-06-30 — 46 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 27 pageviews2026-07-12 — 42 pageviews2026-07-16 — 34 pageviews2026-07-20 — 47 pageviews2026-07-24 — 26 pageviews2026-07-28 — 32 pageviews2026-08-01 — 47 pageviews2026-08-05 — 40 pageviews2026-08-09 — 51 pageviews2026-08-13 — 34 pageviews2026-08-17 — 55 pageviews2026-08-21 — 60 pageviews2026-08-25 — 34 pageviews2026-08-29 — 25 pageviews2026-09-02 — 34 pageviews2026-09-06 — 38 pageviews2026-09-10 — 40 pageviews2026-09-14 — 53 pageviews2026-09-18 — 68 pageviews2026-09-22 — 45 pageviews2026-09-26 — 48 pageviews2026-09-30 — 39 pageviews2026-10-04 — 47 pageviews2026-10-08 — 29 pageviews2026-10-12 — 43 pageviews2026-10-14 — 50 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
92.1%
earned "Test Ride"
18%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-08-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)19,14523%38
Steam (Steam)5,72413%38
Xbox Series (Xbox)2,40410%37

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

RPGDarkGoreActionGothicFantasyMedievalDifficultAction RPGSouls-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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