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Wildfrost

Deadpan Games · Chucklefish · 2023-04-12

SteamMicrosoft Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

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…

93
playing now
83%
positive of 8.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

93 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 93 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 6% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 176k–397k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,824 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 23 of 48 observed days (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

112512026-08-06 22:00 — 90 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 66 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 101 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 90 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 61 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 106 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 85 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 58 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 97 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 94 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 61 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 112 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 101 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 51 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 92 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 93 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 57 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 105 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 96 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 63 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 70 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 73 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 75 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 67 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 101 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 61 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 55 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 107 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 93 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$11.992023-04-122026-08-262023-04-12 — 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 $13.992026-08-26 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2992026-05-28 — 18 pageviews2026-05-31 — 20 pageviews2026-06-03 — 23 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 24 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-15 — 19 pageviews2026-06-18 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 17 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-27 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-03 — 19 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-09 — 15 pageviews2026-07-12 — 13 pageviews2026-07-15 — 19 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-21 — 14 pageviews2026-07-24 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 22 pageviews2026-08-02 — 18 pageviews2026-08-05 — 22 pageviews2026-08-08 — 24 pageviews2026-08-11 — 15 pageviews2026-08-14 — 22 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-20 — 21 pageviews2026-08-23 — 14 pageviews2026-08-25 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

202026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

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.

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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