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Yaga cover art

Yaga

Breadcrumbs Interactive · Versus Evil · 2021-01-12

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 12, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 25, 2019 (iOS), Nov 12, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Nov 12, 2019 (Mac), Nov 12, 2019 (Xbox One)

Play as Ivan, a one-handed blacksmith with incredibly bad luck, who must take on the impossible tasks given to him by the tzar. All the while the mysterious witch, Baba Yaga, watches over Ivan's fate.

Yaga is an Action, Indie, and RPG game released in 2021, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (81% of 660 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
81%
positive of 660 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
4.21★
PlayStation Store rating (147 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (155 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 660 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-80%
GOG$4.99-80%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.25 at GamersGate (2024-09-05) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 109 of 138 observed days · $0.74 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11811820212026Week of 2021-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
701Jan 2021Mar 2025Jan 2021 — avg 70 · peak 260Mar 2021 — avg 13 · peak 128May 2021 — avg 11 · peak 40Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 16Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 20Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$4.252021-01-122026-10-142021-01-12 — best price $13.492021-02-20 — best price $24.992021-03-29 — best price $24.992021-05-05 — best price $24.992021-06-16 — best price $14.992021-08-20 — best price $9.992021-10-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992022-01-06 — best price $18.362022-03-12 — best price $20.622022-05-13 — best price $8.002022-07-07 — best price $18.362022-09-06 — best price $24.992022-11-16 — best price $18.362023-01-06 — best price $18.362023-03-06 — best price $8.242023-05-04 — best price $7.732023-07-15 — best price $12.492023-09-04 — best price $24.992023-11-06 — best price $6.242024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-06-05 — best price $6.242024-08-07 — best price $4.992024-10-16 — best price $4.992024-12-10 — best price $4.992025-03-05 — best price $5.002025-05-23 — best price $24.992025-08-06 — best price $4.992025-10-24 — best price $19.882026-01-23 — best price $4.992026-04-03 — best price $24.992026-06-11 — best price $4.992026-08-12 — best price $4.992026-09-08 — best price $4.992026-09-28 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
90.3%
earned "One Handed Blacksmith"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-01-12, latest 2021-10-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8651%55
PS4 (PlayStation)4286%56
Xbox One (Xbox)2510%55
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

RPGFunnyActionComedyAdventureMythologyAction RPGSoundtrackStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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