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Witchfire

The Astronauts · 2024-09-23

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Witchfire is a first-person dark fantasy RPG shooter in which you play as a wicked sinner turned witch hunter on his final mission to reach salvation.

650
playing now
91%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
42
twitch viewers (latest)
53/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
22h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 48h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

650 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Witchfire is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed and published by The Astronauts. The game was released for Windows PC in early access in September 2023, and is set to be released in full in 2026.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 650 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,386 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~298/week).
  • · Review velocity up 526% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 345k–777k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,263 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $31.99 at Epic Game Store (2024-08-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20242026Week of 2024-09-23: 1,320 positiveWeek of 2024-09-23: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-09-30: 975 positiveWeek of 2024-09-30: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-10-07: 442 positiveWeek of 2024-10-07: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-10-14: 613 positiveWeek of 2024-10-14: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-21: 328 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-28: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-10-28: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-04: 190 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-11: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-18: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-11-18: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-25: 587 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-02: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-09: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-16: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 328 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 254 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-06: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-13: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-14: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 406 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 410 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 295 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 279 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 219 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 299 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 466 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 303 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 286 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 185 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k5042026-08-11 17:00 — 1,520 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 937 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 915 players2026-08-13 14:00 — 1,326 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 697 players2026-08-14 22:00 — 915 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1,581 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 1,024 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1,157 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 1,102 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 571 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 918 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 872 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 518 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 851 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 753 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 668 players2026-08-22 19:00 — 1,019 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 964 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 555 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 862 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 542 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 546 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 730 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 509 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 504 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 769 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 645 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 650 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$31.992023-09-202026-08-102023-09-20 — best price $39.992024-01-10 — best price $39.992024-02-12 — best price $39.992024-06-13 — best price $39.992024-08-20 — best price $39.992024-10-07 — best price $39.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992024-12-19 — best price $35.992025-01-09 — best price $39.992025-02-24 — best price $39.992025-03-20 — best price $39.992025-04-09 — best price $39.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992025-08-04 — best price $39.992025-09-29 — best price $33.992025-10-27 — best price $33.992025-12-11 — best price $31.992026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-03-19 — best price $31.992026-06-18 — best price $31.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-08-10 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

609482026-05-14 — 61 pageviews2026-05-17 — 74 pageviews2026-05-20 — 50 pageviews2026-05-23 — 143 pageviews2026-05-26 — 66 pageviews2026-05-29 — 62 pageviews2026-06-01 — 77 pageviews2026-06-04 — 70 pageviews2026-06-07 — 70 pageviews2026-06-10 — 70 pageviews2026-06-13 — 54 pageviews2026-06-16 — 65 pageviews2026-06-19 — 467 pageviews2026-06-22 — 609 pageviews2026-06-25 — 197 pageviews2026-06-28 — 209 pageviews2026-07-01 — 150 pageviews2026-07-04 — 151 pageviews2026-07-07 — 185 pageviews2026-07-10 — 94 pageviews2026-07-13 — 115 pageviews2026-07-16 — 70 pageviews2026-07-19 — 96 pageviews2026-07-22 — 96 pageviews2026-07-25 — 65 pageviews2026-07-28 — 75 pageviews2026-07-31 — 80 pageviews2026-08-03 — 136 pageviews2026-08-06 — 135 pageviews2026-08-09 — 105 pageviews2026-08-12 — 71 pageviews2026-08-15 — 128 pageviews2026-08-18 — 84 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

50702026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 125 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 119 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 39 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 93 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 507 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 42 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
75%
earned "Lost and Found"
22%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,4491%36

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

FPSPvERPGLootHorrorShooterAction RPGRogue-liteSouls-likeExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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