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Traveler's Refrain

Red Essence Games · indie.io · 2025-04-11

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 11, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 11, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Wield your magical instrument and defy the mecha-goddesses of fate in this Song-Casting Story Driven Action-RPG. Explore a forbidden forest as Traveler. Help him reunite with his long lost love as you fight through abominations and solve mysterious puzzles, all while an ancient conflict unfolds.

93%
positive of 57 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 84% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (23 reviews).
  • · Top 73% of 12,054 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 57 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.94-10%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.19 at Fanatical (2026-09-01) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 155 of 205 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120252026Week of 2025-04-11: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$7.872025-04-032026-09-042025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-04-18 — best price $14.992025-05-06 — best price $19.992025-06-17 — best price $19.992025-07-02 — best price $13.532025-07-17 — best price $14.372025-07-30 — best price $14.372025-08-20 — best price $13.632025-09-03 — best price $15.972025-09-25 — best price $15.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-10-22 — best price $15.892025-11-03 — best price $19.992025-11-15 — best price $13.942025-11-23 — best price $11.732025-12-04 — best price $13.092025-12-18 — best price $12.392026-01-13 — best price $13.942026-02-02 — best price $14.692026-02-17 — best price $10.842026-03-05 — best price $19.992026-03-20 — best price $11.022026-04-07 — best price $9.152026-04-23 — best price $11.172026-05-08 — best price $16.642026-05-18 — best price $10.692026-05-30 — best price $13.992026-06-08 — best price $9.792026-06-21 — best price $14.972026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-19 — best price $17.882026-07-31 — best price $7.872026-08-12 — best price $19.992026-08-22 — best price $9.992026-09-04 — best price $13.94
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DRPGActionCombatPuzzleColorfulAdventureEmotionalAction RPGStory Rich

Census log

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

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