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Xanadu Next cover art

Xanadu Next

Nihon Falcom · XSEED Games · 2016-11-03

SteamGOG

ActionRPG

Franchise: Dragon Slayer, Xanadu · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 27, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 24, 2005 (N-Gage)

Whenever mist hangs over Lake Orwell, sailors catch sight of a phantom castle just out of reach. As they draw near, it fades away, leaving only questions for all who have seen this “Castle Strangerock.” Now, you must aid your charge in uncovering its secrets...even if it costs you your very soul.

5
playing now
92%
positive of 938 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Xanadu Next is a 2005 action role-playing game developed by Nihon Falcom for Microsoft Windows. The game is a spin-off of the 1985 game Dragon Slayer II: Xanadu. Xanadu Next was released worldwide in English by Xseed Games in 2016. An N-Gage version was developed by ScriptArts and published by Nokia a few months prior to original Japanese release.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 36% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 938 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2024-02-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 32 of 53 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

2132026-08-11 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 20 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 14 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 21 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 15 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.492016-11-032026-08-302016-11-03 — best price $17.992017-03-10 — best price $14.992017-09-11 — best price $19.992018-02-15 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $10.002018-11-21 — best price $7.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-05-23 — best price $19.992019-09-16 — best price $14.992019-12-07 — best price $19.992020-03-16 — best price $7.492020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $7.492021-04-08 — best price $7.492021-09-27 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-04-22 — best price $14.992022-07-09 — best price $14.992022-10-05 — best price $14.992022-12-10 — best price $14.992023-02-09 — best price $14.992023-04-14 — best price $14.992023-07-04 — best price $14.992023-10-17 — best price $7.492023-12-20 — best price $7.492024-02-17 — best price $14.992024-04-04 — best price $14.992024-06-19 — best price $14.992024-09-18 — best price $14.992024-11-26 — best price $4.492025-02-05 — best price $14.992025-05-01 — best price $4.492025-08-06 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-11 — best price $4.492026-05-07 — best price $7.492026-07-14 — best price $4.492026-08-30 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

434222026-05-30 — 50 pageviews2026-06-02 — 52 pageviews2026-06-05 — 56 pageviews2026-06-08 — 39 pageviews2026-06-11 — 62 pageviews2026-06-14 — 70 pageviews2026-06-17 — 39 pageviews2026-06-20 — 47 pageviews2026-06-23 — 32 pageviews2026-06-26 — 90 pageviews2026-06-29 — 65 pageviews2026-07-02 — 70 pageviews2026-07-05 — 76 pageviews2026-07-08 — 78 pageviews2026-07-11 — 62 pageviews2026-07-14 — 39 pageviews2026-07-17 — 66 pageviews2026-07-20 — 58 pageviews2026-07-23 — 57 pageviews2026-07-26 — 60 pageviews2026-07-29 — 48 pageviews2026-08-01 — 48 pageviews2026-08-04 — 36 pageviews2026-08-07 — 43 pageviews2026-08-10 — 37 pageviews2026-08-13 — 31 pageviews2026-08-16 — 165 pageviews2026-08-19 — 254 pageviews2026-08-22 — 89 pageviews2026-08-25 — 46 pageviews2026-08-27 — 52 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
40.8%
earned "Lumberjack"
18.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0892%15

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeActionFantasyAdventureIsometricAction RPGSouls-likeAtmospheric

Census log

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

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