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Xanadu Next

Nihon Falcom · XSEED Games · 2016-11-03

SteamGOG

ActionRPG

Franchise: Dragon Slayer, Xanadu · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

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.

Xanadu Next is an Action, RPG game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 955 reviews).

10
playing now
92%
positive of 955 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (34 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 120 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 955 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2024-02-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 49 of 87 observed days · $10.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2132026-09-15 03:00 — 21 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 14 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 20 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 12 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
290Oct 2016Aug 2026Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2017 — avg 8 · peak 29Apr 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2017 — avg 8 · peak 26Oct 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2019 — avg 4 · peak 17Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2021 — avg 4 · peak 21Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2024 — avg 11 · peak 31May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2024 — avg 15 · peak 41Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2026 — avg 17 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.492016-11-032026-10-142016-11-03 — best price $17.992017-05-01 — best price $19.992017-12-27 — best price $19.992018-06-05 — best price $19.992018-11-21 — best price $7.992019-03-16 — best price $7.992019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-11-28 — best price $7.492020-03-16 — best price $7.492020-08-03 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-09-08 — best price $7.492021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-05-12 — best price $14.992022-09-02 — best price $7.492022-12-01 — best price $14.992023-02-09 — best price $14.992023-05-08 — best price $14.992023-08-30 — best price $7.492023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-02-17 — best price $14.992024-04-25 — best price $4.492024-07-18 — best price $14.992024-11-19 — best price $14.992025-02-05 — best price $14.992025-06-04 — best price $14.992025-09-12 — best price $4.492025-12-03 — best price $14.992026-05-07 — best price $7.492026-08-12 — best price $14.992026-09-09 — best price $4.492026-09-24 — best price $4.492026-10-09 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

240222026-05-30 — 50 pageviews2026-06-03 — 44 pageviews2026-06-07 — 22 pageviews2026-06-11 — 62 pageviews2026-06-15 — 81 pageviews2026-06-19 — 59 pageviews2026-06-23 — 32 pageviews2026-06-27 — 67 pageviews2026-07-01 — 53 pageviews2026-07-05 — 76 pageviews2026-07-09 — 172 pageviews2026-07-13 — 29 pageviews2026-07-17 — 66 pageviews2026-07-21 — 49 pageviews2026-07-25 — 46 pageviews2026-07-29 — 48 pageviews2026-08-02 — 56 pageviews2026-08-06 — 28 pageviews2026-08-10 — 37 pageviews2026-08-14 — 41 pageviews2026-08-18 — 240 pageviews2026-08-22 — 89 pageviews2026-08-26 — 69 pageviews2026-08-30 — 38 pageviews2026-09-03 — 146 pageviews2026-09-07 — 84 pageviews2026-09-11 — 67 pageviews2026-09-15 — 55 pageviews2026-09-19 — 53 pageviews2026-09-23 — 38 pageviews2026-09-27 — 77 pageviews2026-10-01 — 63 pageviews2026-10-05 — 66 pageviews2026-10-09 — 36 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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