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Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim

Nihon Falcom · XSEED Games · 2015-04-28

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Ys · Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 10, 2005 (PlayStation 2), Sep 27, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Adventurer Adol Christin has washed ashore in yet another mysterious, isolated new land, inhabited by a people who sport long ears and bushy tails...and are none too fond of humans. Experience the very first 3D Ys game as never before, with a whole new gameplay mode unique to this release!

6
playing now
90%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim is a 2003 action role-playing game developed and published by Nihon Falcom. The sixth numbered entry in the Ys series, it was Falcom's first new numbered installment since Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand in 1995 and its first original numbered Ys developed for Windows.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 29% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–92k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,536 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.48 at IndieGala Store (2024-07-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 37 of 61 observed days · $0.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1022026-08-11 17:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992015-04-212026-08-302015-04-21 — best price $16.992015-06-19 — best price $13.992016-01-15 — best price $5.992016-11-23 — best price $5.992017-05-01 — best price $19.992017-12-27 — best price $19.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-04-25 — best price $19.992019-10-15 — 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 $4.992021-09-08 — best price $4.992021-12-20 — best price $4.992022-04-13 — best price $4.992022-07-08 — best price $4.992022-10-29 — best price $19.992023-01-20 — best price $4.992023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992024-01-20 — best price $19.992024-03-20 — best price $4.992024-06-04 — best price $4.992024-09-10 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-07-16 — best price $4.992025-10-07 — best price $4.992026-02-04 — best price $4.992026-05-29 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

149722026-05-31 — 87 pageviews2026-06-03 — 74 pageviews2026-06-06 — 89 pageviews2026-06-09 — 96 pageviews2026-06-12 — 120 pageviews2026-06-15 — 114 pageviews2026-06-18 — 102 pageviews2026-06-21 — 108 pageviews2026-06-24 — 81 pageviews2026-06-27 — 100 pageviews2026-06-30 — 85 pageviews2026-07-03 — 90 pageviews2026-07-06 — 93 pageviews2026-07-09 — 95 pageviews2026-07-12 — 95 pageviews2026-07-15 — 95 pageviews2026-07-18 — 88 pageviews2026-07-21 — 105 pageviews2026-07-24 — 87 pageviews2026-07-27 — 108 pageviews2026-07-30 — 85 pageviews2026-08-02 — 104 pageviews2026-08-05 — 117 pageviews2026-08-08 — 79 pageviews2026-08-11 — 149 pageviews2026-08-14 — 110 pageviews2026-08-17 — 78 pageviews2026-08-20 — 113 pageviews2026-08-23 — 111 pageviews2026-08-26 — 84 pageviews2026-08-28 — 92 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
57.9%
earned "Calamity Slain"
35.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,69712%16

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeActionClassicFantasyAdventureDifficultAction RPGSingleplayer

Census log

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

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