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Trench Tales

71% positive · 685 Steam reviews · released May 6, 2025 · by Talking Drums

Early AccessPvEThird-Person ShooterShooterSouls-likeAction-AdventureOpen World3D

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~22,605 (P10–P90: 9,042 – 49,731)

Gross revenue: ~$463,217 ($185,287 – $1,019,078)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Last 90 days: 65% positive across 52 stored reviews. Action games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 84% (median of 3353 games).

Performance & stability73% positive · 93 mentions
“First of all, I have to say I’m very impressed by what a solo dev can do, there’s clearly a lot of talent here. This is early development, with everything that comes with it: performance hiccups, ergonomics, combat physics… All this aside…”Recommended · Steam review · Aug 2025 · 1 h played
Visuals & audio78% positive · 82 mentions
“First of all, I have to say I’m very impressed by what a solo dev can do, there’s clearly a lot of talent here. This is early development, with everything that comes with it: performance hiccups, ergonomics, combat physics… All this aside…”Recommended · Steam review · Aug 2025 · 1 h played
Gameplay & mechanics74% positive · 77 mentions
“First of all, I have to say I’m very impressed by what a solo dev can do, there’s clearly a lot of talent here. This is early development, with everything that comes with it: performance hiccups, ergonomics, combat physics… All this aside…”Recommended · Steam review · Aug 2025 · 1 h played
Content & longevity77% positive · 73 mentions
“POTENTIAL Phew-what we have here . . . . . I was reading an extensive review for this game on it's Steam Store page, & I found what I was looking for when I read the reviewer say that; THERE ARE X2 games in Early Access on Steam that made…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2025 · 0 h played
Story & writing78% positive · 46 mentions
“While I haven't gotten far in the game, I've seen enough to know this: The game has good bones. It oozes its own creative style and it looks great with the graphics it has. The graphics aren't stellar by todays standards. Comparable to say…”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2026 · 1 h played
Controls & UI56% positive · 45 mentions
“Had to refund, sadly. Let us turn off Motion Blur entirely and polish the Controls a little more (especially the Motion Blur!!) and I will buy it again.”Recommended · Steam review · Dec 2025 · 0 h played
Price & value53% positive · 34 mentions
“A genuine passion project from a solo developer who’s clearly pouring heart and soul into every corner of it. The game receives constant attention, with weekly patches and a dev who actively listens to the community, always looking to…”Recommended · Steam review · Nov 2025 · 17 h played
Difficulty & balance59% positive · 17 mentions
“So, I haven't played a whole lot of the game and it is fun but it's not without it's many faults. The premise is nice and unique a WW1 approach on the Souls-like formula and it isn't that often we receive souls style games where we have…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2026 · 3 h played

299 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology

Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

Perspective

Third-person

Technology

3D

Art style

Realistic

Setting

Fantasy

Structure

Open world

Mood & themes

Horror

How you play together

Single-player

Platform features

Partial controller supportSteam Cloud

Business model

Buy to playEarly Access

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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