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Across the Obelisk is a coop RPG deckbuilding roguelite. Play solo or with your friends, choose your heroes, unlock items and cards, craft your deck and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat. Would you dare to go across the obelisk?

Early Access8 Apr, 2021
Release DateAug 16, 2022
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)85.9% (very positive) / 85.4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83.5% Top 15% / 83.1%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)8.2K  Top 3% / 9.7K  Top 3%
Curators80 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time85.5 hours  Top 1%
Play Time per Dollar4.3 hours  Top 2%
Followers29.1K  Top 4%
Owners± 544.7K  Top 5%
Copies Sold± 513.1K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 7.2M  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Across the Obelisk steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Across the Obelisk's Steam rating and reviews between April 2021 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 92.9% (June 2022) and 85.3% (December 2023).

With 9.7K reviews Top 3%, Across the Obelisk is an AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Across the Obelisk and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Across the Obelisk's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (75%), followed by Simplified Chinese (12%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 27 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has 3 translations (English, Simplified Chinese and Spanish - Spain), it could have been more popular if it was translated in a few more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Across the Obelisk percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Across the Obelisk, comparing positive and negative reviews. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 179 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 2.1 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some Across the Obelisk players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 138 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Deck building
  • Art style
  • Story
  • Gameplay loop
  • Roguelike/roguelite
  • Upgrade system
  • Supportive DLC
  • New player-friendly
  • Team building
  • Fascinating story aspect
  • Hard battle
  • Difficult card deck
  • A feeling of phone card games

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 85.9% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Across the Obelisk's review data provided by Steam. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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