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Tragedy of Prince Rupert cover art

Tragedy of Prince Rupert

Spytihněv · 2017-07-26

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tragedy of Prince Rupert is a fast-paced 2D action shooter with a historical hot air balloon (Montgolfiere).

Tragedy of Prince Rupert is an Action, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Very Positive (87% of 90 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 90 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 90 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.51 at Steam (2020-01-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$0.512017-07-272026-07-092017-07-27 — best price $7.642017-11-01 — best price $4.992017-12-11 — best price $4.992018-02-12 — best price $4.992018-04-22 — best price $4.992018-08-21 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-01-28 — best price $4.992019-03-25 — best price $1.992019-06-26 — best price $1.992019-09-30 — best price $1.992019-11-26 — best price $1.592020-01-23 — best price $0.512020-04-06 — best price $0.592020-06-25 — best price $1.192020-09-03 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $1.992021-02-11 — best price $1.992021-04-19 — best price $1.992021-06-07 — best price $1.992021-08-01 — best price $1.992021-10-28 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $1.592022-01-27 — best price $0.792022-06-24 — best price $1.192022-12-22 — best price $1.392023-09-25 — best price $1.592023-11-21 — best price $1.592024-03-14 — best price $1.592024-11-11 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $1.592025-05-01 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $0.792025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.352026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
17.5%
earned "Heavens"
6.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Czech, German, Polish, Italian

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionFlightShooterSteampunkOpen WorldUnderwaterAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.