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Windforge

Snowed In Studios · 2014-03-11

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 02, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.

Windforge is a 2014 Action, Indie, and RPG game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 620 reviews).

1
playing now
68%
positive of 620 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
20/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (21 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 620 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at GOG (2017-06-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820152026Week of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.992015-01-012026-03-262015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-05-08 — best price $5.992015-06-08 — best price $14.992015-06-15 — best price $2.992015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-11-13 — best price $2.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-05-17 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $4.992017-06-07 — best price $1.992017-08-24 — best price $2.492017-11-22 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $4.992018-10-30 — best price $4.992018-11-28 — best price $9.992019-01-24 — best price $9.992019-05-23 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992024-06-03 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
72.1%
earned "Grease Monkey"
8.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4561%25

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieActionSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureSteampunk

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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