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Ultros

Hadoque · Kepler Interactive · 2024-02-13

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 13, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 13, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Feb 13, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 13, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 13, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...

Ultros is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2024, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (77% of 1264 reviews) sentiment.

5
playing now
77%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,661
twitch viewers (latest)
1661.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
54/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
3.61★
PlayStation Store rating (2,788 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Ultros is a 2024 Metroidvania video game developed by Hadoque and published by Kepler Interactive. Players control a space traveler who wakes on an alien spaceship that imprisons a demon. It is available for macOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X/S.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 139 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,761 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,264 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$5.26-79%
IndieGala$5.29-79%
GamersGate$6.25-75%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.15 at GameBillet (2026-05-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 148 of 176 observed days · $0.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12412420242026Week of 2024-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2352026-09-15 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1135Feb 2024Aug 2026Feb 2024 — avg 113 · peak 272Mar 2024 — avg 30 · peak 83Apr 2024 — avg 20 · peak 50May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Jun 2024 — avg 12 · peak 33Jul 2024 — avg 16 · peak 35Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 29Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 28Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Nov 2024 — avg 14 · peak 34Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24Jan 2025 — avg 19 · peak 45Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 35Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24May 2025 — avg 41 · peak 94Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 62Jul 2025 — avg 17 · peak 38Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 66Sep 2025 — avg 21 · peak 48Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 28Nov 2025 — avg 12 · peak 28Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 24Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 37Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 31Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 26Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 33May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 31Jul 2026 — avg 15 · peak 43Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$4.942023-11-302026-10-112023-11-30 — best price $22.492024-02-14 — best price $22.492024-04-13 — best price $21.922024-05-10 — best price $19.992024-06-07 — best price $20.332024-07-15 — best price $14.992024-08-15 — best price $14.992024-09-07 — best price $14.992024-10-06 — best price $14.592024-11-26 — best price $13.352024-12-19 — best price $8.802025-01-04 — best price $8.772025-02-03 — best price $17.992025-03-03 — best price $7.642025-04-01 — best price $21.242025-04-19 — best price $8.652025-05-23 — best price $9.392025-06-26 — best price $8.942025-07-17 — best price $9.992025-08-21 — best price $10.002025-09-11 — best price $24.992025-10-16 — best price $7.492025-11-11 — best price $9.592025-12-02 — best price $7.022026-01-05 — best price $17.992026-03-03 — best price $17.992026-04-13 — best price $5.742026-05-15 — best price $5.802026-06-14 — best price $23.202026-07-31 — best price $4.942026-08-17 — best price $6.242026-09-03 — best price $5.292026-09-25 — best price $5.462026-10-11 — best price $5.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

47182026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-03 — 29 pageviews2026-06-07 — 38 pageviews2026-06-11 — 39 pageviews2026-06-15 — 35 pageviews2026-06-19 — 23 pageviews2026-06-23 — 28 pageviews2026-06-27 — 24 pageviews2026-07-01 — 38 pageviews2026-07-05 — 34 pageviews2026-07-09 — 24 pageviews2026-07-13 — 27 pageviews2026-07-17 — 37 pageviews2026-07-21 — 28 pageviews2026-07-25 — 21 pageviews2026-07-29 — 25 pageviews2026-08-02 — 25 pageviews2026-08-06 — 18 pageviews2026-08-10 — 26 pageviews2026-08-14 — 24 pageviews2026-08-18 — 35 pageviews2026-08-22 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 47 pageviews2026-08-30 — 36 pageviews2026-09-03 — 36 pageviews2026-09-07 — 43 pageviews2026-09-11 — 23 pageviews2026-09-15 — 34 pageviews2026-09-19 — 32 pageviews2026-09-23 — 26 pageviews2026-09-27 — 25 pageviews2026-10-01 — 29 pageviews2026-10-05 — 23 pageviews2026-10-08 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
42.8%
earned "Wrath upon the enraged"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-02-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)3,6988%32
Steam (Steam)1,4295%31
PS4 (PlayStation)71110%32
Xbox Series (Xbox)954%31
Switch (Nintendo)450%0
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DActionSci-fiColorfulAdventureHand-drawnPlatformerRogue-liteRoguevaniaExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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