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Ys Origin

Nihon Falcom · XSEED Games · 2012-05-31

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Ys · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Ys Origin is an Action, Adventure and RPG game released in 2012, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (93% of 3659 reviews).

16
playing now
93%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (155 downloads)
4.49★
PlayStation Store rating (2,491 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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.

Trailer

Ys Origin trailer thumbnail

Ys Origin Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 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 8% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 146k–293k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,659 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
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 55 of 95 observed days · $15.21 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

2672026-09-14 22:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 22 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 19 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
27011Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 270 · peak 634Dec 2012 — avg 98 · peak 496May 2013 — avg 24 · peak 51Oct 2013 — avg 18 · peak 48Mar 2014 — avg 15 · peak 38Aug 2014 — avg 131 · peak 483Jan 2015 — avg 85 · peak 305Jun 2015 — avg 57 · peak 191Nov 2015 — avg 24 · peak 89Apr 2016 — avg 17 · peak 37Sep 2016 — avg 15 · peak 31Feb 2017 — avg 21 · peak 45Jul 2017 — avg 32 · peak 73Dec 2017 — avg 27 · peak 69May 2018 — avg 15 · peak 33Oct 2018 — avg 11 · peak 24Mar 2019 — avg 18 · peak 62Aug 2019 — avg 12 · peak 25Jan 2020 — avg 16 · peak 35Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 46Nov 2020 — avg 13 · peak 38Apr 2021 — avg 16 · peak 34Sep 2021 — avg 18 · peak 51Feb 2022 — avg 18 · peak 40Jul 2022 — avg 20 · peak 45Dec 2022 — avg 18 · peak 44May 2023 — avg 16 · peak 44Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 37Mar 2024 — avg 19 · peak 45Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 31Jan 2025 — avg 21 · peak 44Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 30Nov 2025 — avg 21 · peak 49Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 28Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.782015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $4.992026-09-09 — best price $4.992026-09-24 — best price $4.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

197572026-05-31 — 121 pageviews2026-06-04 — 117 pageviews2026-06-08 — 96 pageviews2026-06-12 — 113 pageviews2026-06-16 — 113 pageviews2026-06-20 — 88 pageviews2026-06-24 — 81 pageviews2026-06-28 — 121 pageviews2026-07-02 — 116 pageviews2026-07-06 — 82 pageviews2026-07-10 — 74 pageviews2026-07-14 — 80 pageviews2026-07-18 — 102 pageviews2026-07-22 — 103 pageviews2026-07-26 — 88 pageviews2026-07-30 — 78 pageviews2026-08-03 — 126 pageviews2026-08-07 — 91 pageviews2026-08-11 — 109 pageviews2026-08-15 — 88 pageviews2026-08-19 — 104 pageviews2026-08-23 — 106 pageviews2026-08-27 — 97 pageviews2026-08-31 — 102 pageviews2026-09-04 — 186 pageviews2026-09-08 — 133 pageviews2026-09-12 — 137 pageviews2026-09-16 — 129 pageviews2026-09-20 — 95 pageviews2026-09-24 — 71 pageviews2026-09-28 — 67 pageviews2026-10-02 — 59 pageviews2026-10-06 — 67 pageviews2026-10-09 — 57 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeActionClassicFantasyAdventureDifficultAction RPGStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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