A Bastard's Tale

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A Bastard's Tale

Short description

A game about parrying, attacking, and overcoming difficult foes

Developer
No Pest Productions
Publisher
No Pest Productions
Release
Tue, May 26, 2015
Price
$4.99
Reviews
326
Positive
83%
Followers
1,682
Owners (estimated)
20K – 50K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Features
Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards
Tags
Indie Difficult Action Adventure Swordplay Pixel Graphics Arcade Action-Adventure Controller Hack and Slash Medieval Singleplayer 2D
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$89ksomewhere between $89k and $116k · roughly 20K–26K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $4.46, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $4.99 launch price. That is 11% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

12 data points since Jul 31, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$88k → ~$89k
Reviews 322 → 326
Followers 1,678 → 1,682
Price $4.99 → $4.99
Positive reviews 83.5% → 83.4%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 291 further data points reach back to May 1, 2015 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $0.99 on Jun 26, 2025.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around A Bastard's Tale is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

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