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Vellum

Alvios Games · Alvios, Inc. · 2025-05-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 02, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Write on! Defend the books in Vellum, a co-op, literary roguelike! Harness class-defining colors, master an inspired spellbook, and influence the growth of your enemy! As a group or solo, you'll craft plot-twisting builds to rewrite the rules in Ink!

Vellum is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2025 for $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1477 reviews).

43
playing now
90%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

43 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 43 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 165 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity down 78% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 30k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,477 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-06-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34434420242026Week of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6072026-09-15 06:00 — 31 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 21 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 42 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 25 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 23 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 28 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 37 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 22 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 42 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 45 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 60 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 24 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 24 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 35 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 27 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 43 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
39611Apr 2024Aug 2026Apr 2024 — avg 61 · peak 250May 2024 — avg 27 · peak 79Jun 2024 — avg 15 · peak 45Jul 2024 — avg 20 · peak 57Aug 2024 — avg 16 · peak 46Sep 2024 — avg 11 · peak 42Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 42Nov 2024 — avg 40 · peak 201Dec 2024 — avg 16 · peak 66Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 63Feb 2025 — avg 13 · peak 44Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 42Apr 2025 — avg 12 · peak 50May 2025 — avg 396 · peak 1,392Jun 2025 — avg 153 · peak 522Jul 2025 — avg 92 · peak 273Aug 2025 — avg 101 · peak 299Sep 2025 — avg 47 · peak 171Oct 2025 — avg 31 · peak 97Nov 2025 — avg 31 · peak 98Dec 2025 — avg 33 · peak 106Jan 2026 — avg 38 · peak 112Feb 2026 — avg 19 · peak 79Mar 2026 — avg 28 · peak 94Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 72May 2026 — avg 16 · peak 53Jun 2026 — avg 73 · peak 416Jul 2026 — avg 28 · peak 114Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 106
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992024-03-282026-07-272024-03-28 — best price $17.992024-05-13 — best price $16.992024-06-27 — best price $15.992024-07-22 — best price $15.992024-09-30 — best price $15.992024-11-08 — best price $13.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $13.992025-01-13 — best price $15.992025-02-24 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-05-02 — best price $13.992025-06-16 — best price $13.992025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-08-07 — best price $13.992025-09-15 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-10-27 — best price $13.992025-12-08 — best price $12.992025-12-18 — best price $12.992026-01-19 — best price $12.992026-03-09 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-20 — best price $13.992026-06-06 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-20 — best price $11.992026-07-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
91.6%
earned "Expanded Vocabulary"
30.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4761%36

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

Player tags

3DPvECo-opMagicActionFantasyShooterRogue-likeRogue-liteMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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