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Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors

Went2Play LLC · 2021-12-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take the ultimate quest and discover the secret of the Waxworks! Embark on the fight of your life as vicious creatures, and mutants are ready to rip you apart. This gory horror game has no mercy and dares you to enter its ghastly world. Will you rise to the challenge or die trying?

Waxworks: Curse of the Ancestors is a 2021 Action Adventure Indie RPG game priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner count of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (46% of 56 reviews).

0
playing now
46%
positive of 56 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 56 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-11-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620202026Week of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.492020-01-082026-03-262020-01-08 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-25 — best price $7.492021-12-20 — best price $11.242022-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-06 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-04-17 — best price $14.992023-05-29 — best price $14.992023-07-10 — best price $14.992023-11-02 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-01-22 — best price $14.992024-03-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-12-01 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-02-02 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-01-02 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGGoreIndieActionHorrorPuzzleRemakeViolentAdventureAction RPG

Census log

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

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