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Source of Madness

Source of Madness

Source of Madness is a side-scrolling dark action roguelite set in a twisted Lovecraftian inspired world powered by procedural generation and AI machine learning. Take on the role of a new Acolyte as they embark on a nightmarish odyssey.

Released May 11, 2022 Developer Carry Castle Publisher Thunderful Publishing Platforms Windows RogueliteLovecraftianActionMetroidvaniaDark
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

68.5%positive1,585 reviews
Recommended · 18 found this helpful

“Foreword: Not AI slop (at least not in the modern sense) This is an older creative use of early generative AI before the slop craze of more recent years, using some generated patterned cutouts to play into the game's narrative themes of eldritch horror, just as early diffusion…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“I can see some of the points raised in the negative reviews, the game is quite often confusing mostly due to the AI-generated enemies. Yes - I'm reviewing positively a game that has heavily used AI: I think these developers are quite unlucky though as they used it "before it was…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 11 found this helpful

“It's, not very good. The procedural generation loses its charm fast, and the gameplay gets stale quickly as well. Not really worth it unless you're really into the old and twisted Ai-generated art style, before AI generate content started to piss on everything.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

179all-time peak
0 25 50 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 40 avg · Sep 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

24achievements
7.3%median completion
0.9%rarest: Insane
76.8% of players 76.8% of players 70.8% of players 59.2% of players 36.2% of players 23.6% of players 21.6% of players 14.7% of players 14.1% of players 13.7% of players 13.6% of players 11.5% of players 7.3% of players 5.6% of players 4.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 76.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
76.8%Things have... changed — First time exiting the Tower of Knowledge.
76.8%Going on an adventure — Defeat 10 Monsters.
70.8%Hidden? — Enter a side area for the first time.
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%Insane — Defeat 10000 Monsters.
1.0%Unlimited power! — Unlock all upgrades.
1.2%I am sick of you! — Get poisoned 150 times.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-27. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-27
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK16.99 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan2,050 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.3 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 18, 2025
Save on new rogue-like Reignbreaker with our latest bundle!

Calling all rogue-like fans! We have some exciting news! Reignbreaker - a high-octane medievalpunk action rogue-like from Studio Fizbin - has just launched! Peep the launch trailer 👀 To celebrate, we’

May 29, 2024
Slumbering Patch and New game trailer!

Greetings and salutations! I am happy to announce that Midnight Horde got an alpha trailer and Source of Madness got lots of fixes and improvements! Okay back to the actual Patch! Major Changes Exitin

May 19, 2024
New patch soon!

Greetings and salutations! I'm working on a new patch and if you would feel so inclined, you can help me test it. I will combo this patch with announcing the first trailer of Midnight Horde, once the

Jul 11, 2023
Balance and Monster Ninjas

Hello there! So you might have seen the other news post about the beta branch, I did some more work on it and think it is ready to be released into the wild. Hopefully these changes result in a bit mo

Jul 02, 2023
Balance patch in the Beta Branch

Hi everyone! So I have done some balance work and tweaks based on feedback in the reviews. Mostly adressing early game cheese with some aoe weapons and nightmare difficulty boss hp. This patch is not

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction
Player tagsRoguelite · Lovecraftian · Action · Metroidvania · Dark · Souls-like · Dark Fantasy · Magic · 2D · Atmospheric · Fantasy · Action RPG (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Thai, Turkish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements24
Official sitehttps://sourceofmadness.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: Intel i5+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better Storage: 500 MB available space Additional Notes: DirectX 9.1+ or OpenGL 3.2+