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Warden: Melody of the Undergrowth

Cardboard Keep · 2016-04-08

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 08, 2016 (Linux), Apr 08, 2016 (Mac), Apr 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Trapped in an ancient forest, a young prince searches for a lost god. Here he befriends the spirit of a young girl and a volatile child, and they quickly find their destinies intertwined. Third-person action-adventure inspired by genre classics of the N64-era.

75%
positive of 88 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (23 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 23,780 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 88 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.09 at MacGameStore (2026-07-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020162026Week of 2016-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-11-22 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGIndie1990'sActionColorfulStylizedAdventureLore-RichSwordplayPlatformer

Census log

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