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Wildfrost

Deadpan Games · Chucklefish · 2023-04-12

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IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 12, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 11, 2024 (iOS), Mar 26, 2024 (Android), Dec 10, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 12, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 10, 2024 (Xbox One)

Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

Wildfrost is an Indie, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (83% of 8844 reviews).

72
playing now
83%
positive of 8.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (859 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

72 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Wildfrost is a 2023 roguelike deck-building game developed by Deadpan Games and Gaziter and published by Chucklefish. It was originally released for the Nintendo Switch and Windows and ported to Android, iOS, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in 2024.

Trailer

Wildfrost trailer thumbnail

Wildfrost - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈26,396 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 72 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 264 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,083 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 177k–398k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,844 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Humble Store (2025-07-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 47 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.1k3.1k20232026Week of 2023-04-01: 3,089 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 994 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102402026-09-15 12:00 — 81 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 88 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 61 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 61 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 97 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 86 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 48 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 81 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 64 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 55 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 86 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 59 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 49 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 63 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 94 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 77 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 88 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 78 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 60 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 65 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 99 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 63 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 72 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.6k59Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 2,617 · peak 5,064Jun 2023 — avg 473 · peak 932Aug 2023 — avg 240 · peak 415Oct 2023 — avg 182 · peak 334Dec 2023 — avg 250 · peak 414Feb 2024 — avg 163 · peak 249Apr 2024 — avg 175 · peak 378Jun 2024 — avg 556 · peak 1,377Aug 2024 — avg 264 · peak 529Oct 2024 — avg 161 · peak 248Dec 2024 — avg 265 · peak 417Feb 2025 — avg 175 · peak 308Apr 2025 — avg 142 · peak 238Jun 2025 — avg 109 · peak 189Aug 2025 — avg 101 · peak 170Oct 2025 — avg 89 · peak 138Dec 2025 — avg 96 · peak 171Feb 2026 — avg 92 · peak 153Apr 2026 — avg 59 · peak 95Jun 2026 — avg 72 · peak 116Aug 2026 — avg 82 · peak 140
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$11.992023-04-122026-10-142023-04-12 — best price $19.992023-06-23 — best price $17.992023-08-03 — best price $17.992023-09-29 — best price $17.992023-11-22 — best price $16.992023-12-09 — best price $19.992024-01-06 — best price $19.992024-02-28 — best price $19.992024-03-29 — best price $15.992024-04-15 — best price $19.992024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-06-10 — best price $19.992024-07-13 — best price $19.992024-08-08 — best price $19.992024-09-26 — best price $19.992024-10-19 — best price $19.992024-11-22 — best price $13.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-23 — best price $13.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-02 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-07-29 — best price $19.992025-09-04 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-04 — best price $11.992025-11-27 — best price $11.992025-12-10 — best price $19.992026-01-13 — best price $11.992026-02-10 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-05-14 — best price $13.992026-07-15 — best price $11.992026-08-13 — best price $13.992026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2992026-05-28 — 18 pageviews2026-06-01 — 13 pageviews2026-06-05 — 17 pageviews2026-06-09 — 24 pageviews2026-06-13 — 25 pageviews2026-06-17 — 18 pageviews2026-06-21 — 17 pageviews2026-06-25 — 29 pageviews2026-06-29 — 27 pageviews2026-07-03 — 19 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-11 — 22 pageviews2026-07-15 — 19 pageviews2026-07-19 — 14 pageviews2026-07-23 — 16 pageviews2026-07-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-31 — 19 pageviews2026-08-04 — 25 pageviews2026-08-08 — 24 pageviews2026-08-12 — 25 pageviews2026-08-16 — 19 pageviews2026-08-20 — 21 pageviews2026-08-24 — 23 pageviews2026-08-28 — 17 pageviews2026-09-01 — 19 pageviews2026-09-05 — 19 pageviews2026-09-09 — 22 pageviews2026-09-13 — 18 pageviews2026-09-17 — 14 pageviews2026-09-21 — 21 pageviews2026-09-25 — 15 pageviews2026-09-29 — 14 pageviews2026-10-03 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
84.7%
earned "Lone Survivor"
24.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-04-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,0535%27
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3,0883%27
Switch (Nintendo)2960%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Card GameDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedPerma DeathUnforgivingCard BattlerDeckbuildingReplay Value

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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