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Skelethrone: The Prey

Skelethrone: The Prey

This game is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls. Skelethrone: The Prey is a free prequel to the main game, setting the stage for the events that will unfold throughout Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona campaign.

Released Mar 14, 2024 Developer 70`Strike Publisher Valkyrie Initiative Platforms Windows MetroidvaniaSouls-likeDark FantasySide ScrollerPixel Graphics
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

75.3%positive450 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Now that's an introductory game if I've ever seen one. It's apparent at first glance that there's been quite some work put into this. Definitely worth a playthrough. Also love the Elric of Melnibone and Vampire Hunter D references/inspirations”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Not a bad demo, which I did not realize until I beat the game, and was like why is this so short. Im sure the full game is good, so will have to pick that up later on. Combat was good, bosses were somewhat easy, literally can just roll around and dodge their attacks Controls can…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-04 via SteamCharts.

664all-time peak
0 50 100 2025 No data collected for this period 75 avg · Mar 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-25.

14achievements
4.0%median completion
2.3%rarest: The Victor's Crown
55.2% of players 53.4% of players 27.5% of players 14.9% of players 7.4% of players 7.0% of players 6.6% of players 4.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 55.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
55.2%Today is a good day to die — You died at first
53.4%Stray Forever — Defeat The Boss - Stray Guardian
27.5%Mardek`s Machine — Defeat The Boss - Mardek`s Machine
Rarest badges of honor
2.3%The Victor's Crown — Get All The Achievements
2.4%Perfect Champion — Hidden achievement
2.4%Perfect Machine — Hidden achievement

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, RPG
Player tagsMetroidvania · Souls-like · Dark Fantasy · Side Scroller · Pixel Graphics · Difficult · Action · RPG · Singleplayer · 2D · Gothic · Violent (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Turkish
ControllerFull support
Achievements14
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8 or 10 64-bit Processor: Ryzen 3 1200 / Intel Core i5 3GHZ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 560 1GB or better Storage: 1 GB available space