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Ys Origin cover art

Ys Origin

Nihon Falcom · XSEED Games · 2012-05-31

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Ys · Modes: Single player

Releases: May 31, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 12, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 11, 2018 (Xbox One), Feb 21, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Feb 21, 2017 (PlayStation Vita)

The perfect mix of action, exploration and story with screen-filling bosses, unique platforming elements, and innovative puzzles.

10
playing now
93%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Ys Origin is a 2006 action role-playing game developed and published by Nihon Falcom. It was originally released for Microsoft Windows in Japan on December 21, 2006. The game is a prequel to Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished and Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter, taking place approximately 700 years before those games during the final period of the ancient kingdom of Ys.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 134 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 146k–292k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,644 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.78 at IndieGala Store (2024-03-08) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 37 of 61 observed days · $0.21 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2762026-08-06 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 26 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 20 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.782015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-22 — best price $19.992016-02-08 — best price $5.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-05-29 — best price $19.992018-01-11 — best price $5.992018-07-06 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-04-25 — best price $19.992019-10-08 — best price $4.992020-01-22 — best price $4.992020-05-06 — best price $19.992020-11-27 — best price $4.992021-04-08 — best price $4.992021-09-23 — best price $4.992022-01-08 — best price $19.992022-05-10 — best price $4.992022-08-20 — best price $19.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-02-09 — best price $19.992023-05-08 — best price $19.992023-08-30 — best price $4.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-02-07 — best price $4.992024-04-10 — best price $4.992024-06-26 — best price $4.992024-09-25 — best price $4.992024-12-18 — best price $5.002025-03-19 — best price $4.992025-07-12 — best price $19.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992026-02-05 — best price $4.992026-06-03 — best price $4.992026-08-15 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

147592026-05-31 — 121 pageviews2026-06-03 — 63 pageviews2026-06-06 — 84 pageviews2026-06-09 — 103 pageviews2026-06-12 — 113 pageviews2026-06-15 — 129 pageviews2026-06-18 — 105 pageviews2026-06-21 — 138 pageviews2026-06-24 — 81 pageviews2026-06-27 — 121 pageviews2026-06-30 — 121 pageviews2026-07-03 — 129 pageviews2026-07-06 — 82 pageviews2026-07-09 — 107 pageviews2026-07-12 — 97 pageviews2026-07-15 — 86 pageviews2026-07-18 — 102 pageviews2026-07-21 — 100 pageviews2026-07-24 — 79 pageviews2026-07-27 — 85 pageviews2026-07-30 — 78 pageviews2026-08-02 — 82 pageviews2026-08-05 — 100 pageviews2026-08-08 — 91 pageviews2026-08-11 — 109 pageviews2026-08-14 — 78 pageviews2026-08-17 — 92 pageviews2026-08-20 — 97 pageviews2026-08-23 — 106 pageviews2026-08-26 — 86 pageviews2026-08-28 — 59 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
58.2%
earned "Minimally Exceptional"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,9542%46
PS4 (PlayStation)4,4876%31
PS Vita (PlayStation)1,51720%31
Xbox One (Xbox)1,4631%30
PS4 (PlayStation)82719%31
PS Vita (PlayStation)44346%31
Switch (Nintendo)3090%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeActionClassicFantasyAdventureDifficultAction RPGStory Rich

Census log

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

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