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Vellum cover art

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!

31
playing now
90%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 31 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 30% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–65k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,442 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 12 of 24 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

7502026-08-12 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 17 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 22 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 25 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 55 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 20 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 28 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 38 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 24 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 36 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 42 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 52 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 75 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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