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Torchlight III cover art

Torchlight III

Echtra Inc. · XD · 2020-10-13

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 13, 2020 (Xbox One), Oct 22, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 13, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jun 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In Torchlight III, Novastraia is again under threat of invasion and it’s up to you to defend against the Netherim and its allies. Gather your wits and brave the frontier to find fame, glory, and new adventures!

Torchlight III is an Action, Adventure, RPG game released in 2020, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (47% of 11467 reviews).

20
playing now
47%
positive of 11k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (59 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (453 downloads)
3.50★
PlayStation Store rating (1,014 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Torchlight III is an action role-playing game and the third game in the Torchlight series. It is developed by American studio Echtra Games and published by Perfect World Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in October 2020.

Trailer

Torchlight III trailer thumbnail

Torchlight III - Official Launch Trailer | PS4

≈429,184 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 136 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,531 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 230k–517k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,488 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.77-88%
GreenManGaming$4.80-88%
Gamesplanet$5.20-87%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.76 at GameBillet (2026-08-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 51 of 75 observed days · $35.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 1,529 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,002 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 662 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 618 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6192026-09-14 21:00 — 21 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 32 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 25 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 33 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 44 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 15 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 29 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 58 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 34 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 25 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 42 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 22 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 32 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 61 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 34 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 30 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 20 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k19Jun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 1,276 · peak 3,474Aug 2020 — avg 433 · peak 984Oct 2020 — avg 1,310 · peak 3,849Dec 2020 — avg 446 · peak 1,233Feb 2021 — avg 242 · peak 636Apr 2021 — avg 126 · peak 250Jun 2021 — avg 204 · peak 599Aug 2021 — avg 96 · peak 186Oct 2021 — avg 376 · peak 1,749Dec 2021 — avg 142 · peak 292Feb 2022 — avg 107 · peak 274Apr 2022 — avg 95 · peak 246Jun 2022 — avg 99 · peak 344Aug 2022 — avg 86 · peak 236Oct 2022 — avg 69 · peak 183Dec 2022 — avg 74 · peak 204Feb 2023 — avg 44 · peak 100Apr 2023 — avg 51 · peak 149Jun 2023 — avg 69 · peak 374Aug 2023 — avg 36 · peak 77Oct 2023 — avg 42 · peak 126Dec 2023 — avg 48 · peak 130Feb 2024 — avg 48 · peak 125Apr 2024 — avg 30 · peak 63Jun 2024 — avg 29 · peak 66Aug 2024 — avg 29 · peak 77Oct 2024 — avg 35 · peak 103Dec 2024 — avg 38 · peak 92Feb 2025 — avg 34 · peak 88Apr 2025 — avg 24 · peak 61Jun 2025 — avg 34 · peak 99Aug 2025 — avg 32 · peak 117Oct 2025 — avg 27 · peak 59Dec 2025 — avg 32 · peak 73Feb 2026 — avg 34 · peak 77Apr 2026 — avg 19 · peak 38Jun 2026 — avg 23 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$4.082020-06-132026-10-142020-06-13 — best price $29.992021-04-16 — best price $39.992021-11-01 — best price $39.992022-06-10 — best price $9.992022-09-19 — best price $9.992023-01-20 — best price $9.992023-06-22 — best price $7.992023-08-25 — best price $39.992023-10-16 — best price $7.992023-11-13 — best price $32.792023-12-16 — best price $8.002024-01-27 — best price $7.192024-02-24 — best price $35.192024-04-01 — best price $39.992024-05-19 — best price $27.892024-06-13 — best price $6.202024-07-16 — best price $27.892024-08-05 — best price $39.992024-09-10 — best price $6.152024-10-11 — best price $6.962024-12-03 — best price $33.972025-01-07 — best price $4.652025-02-17 — best price $27.892025-03-15 — best price $6.002025-04-22 — best price $39.992025-06-09 — best price $27.892025-07-13 — best price $27.892025-08-22 — best price $6.002025-09-19 — best price $39.992025-10-16 — best price $4.552025-11-20 — best price $5.992026-01-08 — best price $27.892026-07-24 — best price $39.992026-08-15 — best price $5.992026-09-16 — best price $39.992026-10-02 — best price $4.772026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

136282026-06-03 — 28 pageviews2026-06-07 — 41 pageviews2026-06-11 — 43 pageviews2026-06-15 — 49 pageviews2026-06-19 — 41 pageviews2026-06-23 — 46 pageviews2026-06-27 — 55 pageviews2026-07-01 — 70 pageviews2026-07-05 — 53 pageviews2026-07-09 — 60 pageviews2026-07-13 — 46 pageviews2026-07-17 — 136 pageviews2026-07-21 — 63 pageviews2026-07-25 — 64 pageviews2026-07-29 — 31 pageviews2026-08-02 — 62 pageviews2026-08-06 — 42 pageviews2026-08-10 — 46 pageviews2026-08-14 — 49 pageviews2026-08-18 — 85 pageviews2026-08-22 — 64 pageviews2026-08-26 — 55 pageviews2026-08-30 — 42 pageviews2026-09-03 — 47 pageviews2026-09-07 — 64 pageviews2026-09-11 — 51 pageviews2026-09-15 — 82 pageviews2026-09-19 — 55 pageviews2026-09-23 — 50 pageviews2026-09-27 — 80 pageviews2026-10-01 — 47 pageviews2026-10-05 — 53 pageviews2026-10-09 — 67 pageviews2026-10-12 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
95.6%
earned "Yapper Slapper"
17.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)16,2760%59
Steam (Steam)6,4220%59
PS4 (PlayStation)2,7210%60
Switch (Nintendo)800%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

RPGLootCo-opActionFantasyAdventureIsometricSteampunkAction RPGController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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