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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!

4
playing now
86%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 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 12% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 65k–147k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,258 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 8 of 20 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

1212026-08-07 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992019-05-072026-08-302019-05-07 — best price $15.992019-10-28 — best price $11.992019-12-19 — best price $11.992020-02-24 — best price $15.992020-09-14 — best price $11.992020-11-02 — best price $15.992021-02-11 — best price $7.992021-05-14 — best price $15.972021-06-11 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-10-25 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $13.392021-12-22 — best price $15.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-05-02 — best price $9.992022-08-15 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-02-20 — best price $19.992023-06-12 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-05 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-16 — best price $4.992024-06-19 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992025-02-01 — best price $19.992025-05-01 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $6.792025-11-21 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1102026-05-31 — 2 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-06 — 0 pageviews2026-06-09 — 2 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 2 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-15 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-30 — 0 pageviews2026-08-02 — 4 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 0 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-14 — 3 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 pageviews2026-08-27 — 0 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

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.

Player tags

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

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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