The Game Census
Trials of Fire cover art

Trials of Fire

Whatboy Games · 2021-04-09

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 09, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!

Trials of Fire is an Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (86% of 3258 reviews).

6
playing now
86%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (758 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Trials of Fire is a roguelike deck-building game developed by Whatboy Games and released for Windows in 2021. It blends card mechanics with turn-based tactics in a fantasy world.

Trailer

Trials of Fire trailer thumbnail

TRIALS of FIRE Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (752 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 50,072 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 65k–147k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,262 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-08-01) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 63 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
64464420192026Week of 2019-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1432026-09-15 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5715May 2019Aug 2026May 2019 — avg 16 · peak 61Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 25Nov 2019 — avg 9 · peak 35Feb 2020 — avg 11 · peak 54May 2020 — avg 19 · peak 61Aug 2020 — avg 13 · peak 35Nov 2020 — avg 32 · peak 82Feb 2021 — avg 47 · peak 137May 2021 — avg 201 · peak 433Aug 2021 — avg 52 · peak 111Nov 2021 — avg 70 · peak 167Feb 2022 — avg 50 · peak 108May 2022 — avg 47 · peak 129Aug 2022 — avg 42 · peak 123Nov 2022 — avg 23 · peak 75Feb 2023 — avg 26 · peak 67May 2023 — avg 15 · peak 29Aug 2023 — avg 15 · peak 30Nov 2023 — avg 21 · peak 65Feb 2024 — avg 20 · peak 56May 2024 — avg 12 · peak 29Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 29Nov 2024 — avg 12 · peak 34Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 30May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Aug 2025 — avg 13 · peak 29Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 23Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 23May 2026 — avg 14 · peak 40Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.992019-05-072026-10-152019-05-07 — best price $15.992019-11-01 — best price $15.992020-01-24 — best price $11.992020-06-25 — best price $11.992020-10-29 — best price $14.392021-02-11 — best price $7.992021-05-27 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $15.032021-10-07 — best price $19.992021-11-03 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $15.992022-02-14 — best price $13.392022-06-24 — best price $9.992022-10-10 — best price $19.992023-02-13 — best price $9.992023-06-12 — best price $19.992023-09-04 — best price $19.992023-12-06 — best price $19.992024-03-07 — best price $19.992024-05-08 — best price $19.992024-06-19 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-24 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-09-04 — best price $19.992026-09-10 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-09-22 — best price $19.992026-09-28 — best price $19.992026-10-04 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-05-31 — 2 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 3 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 4 pageviews2026-07-02 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 5 pageviews2026-07-26 — 4 pageviews2026-07-30 — 0 pageviews2026-08-03 — 2 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 3 pageviews2026-08-27 — 0 pageviews2026-08-31 — 2 pageviews2026-09-04 — 0 pageviews2026-09-08 — 3 pageviews2026-09-12 — 4 pageviews2026-09-16 — 1 pageviews2026-09-20 — 1 pageviews2026-09-24 — 4 pageviews2026-09-28 — 4 pageviews2026-10-02 — 0 pageviews2026-10-06 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
62.2%
earned "Hunter"
20.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, French, Korean, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-04-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,0991%31

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

2DRPGStrategyCard GameBoard GameRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedPerma DeathCard Battler

Census log

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

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsMight & Magic® Heroes® VIITears of AviaSlay the SpireEternity: The Last UnicornDungeon Of Dragon KnightCHANGE: A Homeless Survival ExperienceTorchlight III

Similarity via IGDB.

Wikipedia ↗Discord ↗Official site ↗