The Long Tale
Short description
The princess is gone, but the dragon stayed. Jump, die, rage, repeat — The Long Tale is a brutal black & white pixel platformer with deadly traps and no handholding. Each step is a decision. Warning: may cause obsession, retries beyond reason, and minor damage to keyboards.
- Developer
- Syrnik Interactive
- Publisher
- Syrnik Interactive
- Release
- Thu, May 15, 2025
- Price
- $2.99
- Reviews
- 6
- Positive
- 100%
- Followers
- 27
- Owners (estimated)
- 0 – 20K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
- Features
- Full controller support, Custom Volume Controls, DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, Steam Input API Support, Stereo Sound
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $2.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
2 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
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.
Lowest recorded price: $2.99 on Aug 1, 2026. That is the current price.
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| Image | Name | Studio | Shared | Tag difference | Price | Reviews | Positive | Released | Revenue (estimated) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DuckTales: Remastered | WayForward 23 titles | 5 | − 2D Platformer + Remake | $14.99 | 6,596 | 88% | Tue, Aug 13, 2013 | $3.8m $2.5m – $6.4m |
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Sonic Origins | Sonic Team 7 titles | 5 | − Casual + Pixel Graphics | $8.99 70% best price ever |
5,188 | 77% | Wed, Jun 22, 2022 | $6.4m $2.8m – $27.4m |
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SONIC SUPERSTARS | SEGA 141 titles | 5 | − Retro + Action-Adventure | $39.99 | 2,889 | 69% | Mon, Oct 16, 2023 | $7.6m $7.6m – $8.8m |
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3dSen PC | Geod Studio 2 titles | 5 | − 2D Platformer + Remake | $14.99 | 516 | 91% | Fri, Jun 19, 2020 | $277k $238k – $492k |
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Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture | SmellyFrog 3 titles | 5 | − Casual + Side Scroller | $0.74 25% best price ever |
286 | 97% | Wed, Mar 20, 2024 | $12k $5k – $19k |
There are more like this. Your plan shows the 5 closest neighbours; Plus and Pro show up to 100 — enough to see the shape of a niche instead of a sample of it.