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Vay cover art

Vay

SoMoGa, Inc. · SoMoGa, Inc. · 2024-07-06

Steam

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 07, 2024 (Mac), Jul 07, 2024 (Linux), Jul 07, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The 16-bit cult classic RPG from 1994 returns with tons of improvements! When your peaceful kingdom is attacked on your wedding day and your wife-to-be is kidnapped, it falls to you to journey across the world and stop the terrible machines of war that threaten to lay waste to it.

Vay is an Adventure and RPG game released in 2024, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 48 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-10

0
playing now
75%
positive of 48 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

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

Vay, released in Japan as Vay: Ryuusei no Yoroi , is a 1993 role-playing video game for the Sega CD. It was developed by Hertz, published by SIMS in Japan, and localized by Working Designs for the United States. In 2008 it was re-released for the iPhone by SoMoGa, Inc. In 2024 it was re-released for Steam.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 26,688 Adventure games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2024-07-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320242026Week of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

3632026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 13 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 12 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-29 — 23 pageviews2026-08-01 — 16 pageviews2026-08-04 — 14 pageviews2026-08-07 — 15 pageviews2026-08-10 — 36 pageviews2026-08-13 — 15 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 11 pageviews2026-08-22 — 15 pageviews2026-08-25 — 14 pageviews2026-08-28 — 21 pageviews2026-08-31 — 16 pageviews2026-09-03 — 13 pageviews2026-09-06 — 11 pageviews2026-09-09 — 8 pageviews2026-09-12 — 8 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 9 pageviews2026-09-21 — 15 pageviews2026-09-24 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 8 pageviews2026-10-03 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews2026-10-08 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
74.3%
earned "Level 2"
30.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGAnimeFunnyMagicLinearFantasyCartoonyTop-Down

Census log

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

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