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YIIK: A Postmodern RPG

Ackk Studios · Ysbryd Games · 2019-01-17

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IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 17, 2019 (Mac), Jan 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 17, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 17, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Experience YIIK: A Postmodern RPG 1.5 (I.V) update with revamped battles and cutscenes. A child relinquishes her name for a birthday invite, hoping to find her brother. Alex's reality unravels, guided by a mysterious cat, witnessing a woman vanish, igniting an obsession that threatens his world.

YIIK: A Postmodern RPG is an Indie and RPG game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with Mostly Positive (79% of 1284 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

4
playing now
79%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
36/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
3.88★
PlayStation Store rating (209 ratings)
33h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

YIIK: A Postmodern RPG is a role-playing video game created by American indie developer Ackk Studios. The player controls a recent college graduate investigating the disappearance of a woman in his hometown in 1999. Accompanied by a group of friends, the player explores dungeons, solves puzzles, and encounters surreal enemies across alternate dimensions. Combat is turn-based and incorporates timed minigames for both attacks and defenses. The player’s choices influence dialogue and relationships with other characters. The game was released on January 17, 2019, for Microsoft Windows, Mac, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 68 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,284 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2020-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 18 of 40 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16616620192026Week of 2019-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.992019-01-172026-10-102019-01-17 — best price $19.992019-06-25 — best price $12.992019-11-21 — best price $7.992019-12-13 — best price $9.992020-02-17 — best price $9.992020-05-27 — best price $7.992020-11-28 — best price $6.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-12-04 — best price $19.992022-03-21 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $9.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-01-26 — best price $19.992023-05-05 — best price $9.992023-09-25 — best price $9.992023-12-14 — best price $19.992024-04-10 — best price $9.992024-06-20 — best price $9.992024-08-21 — best price $19.992024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-01-23 — best price $9.992025-05-01 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-08-26 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-08-25 — best price $9.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

218392026-05-31 — 112 pageviews2026-06-04 — 99 pageviews2026-06-08 — 93 pageviews2026-06-12 — 81 pageviews2026-06-16 — 125 pageviews2026-06-20 — 127 pageviews2026-06-24 — 103 pageviews2026-06-28 — 176 pageviews2026-07-02 — 104 pageviews2026-07-06 — 170 pageviews2026-07-10 — 98 pageviews2026-07-14 — 88 pageviews2026-07-18 — 92 pageviews2026-07-22 — 157 pageviews2026-07-26 — 139 pageviews2026-07-30 — 193 pageviews2026-08-03 — 132 pageviews2026-08-07 — 178 pageviews2026-08-11 — 87 pageviews2026-08-15 — 91 pageviews2026-08-19 — 97 pageviews2026-08-23 — 91 pageviews2026-08-27 — 97 pageviews2026-08-31 — 76 pageviews2026-09-04 — 75 pageviews2026-09-08 — 74 pageviews2026-09-12 — 41 pageviews2026-09-16 — 82 pageviews2026-09-20 — 54 pageviews2026-09-24 — 68 pageviews2026-09-28 — 84 pageviews2026-10-02 — 106 pageviews2026-10-06 — 105 pageviews2026-10-10 — 73 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
75.4%
earned "Friend of Small Animals"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6163%26
Windows (Xbox)35621%26
PS4 (PlayStation)35120%27
Switch (Nintendo)180%0

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGFunnySurrealColorfulStylizedNarrationStory RichTurn-BasedThird Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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