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Winter Ember

Winter Ember

Winter Ember is an immersive stealth action game that casts you into the role of Arthur Artorias, the faceless man. Step into the shadows and uncover a mysterious plot that saw your family torn from the history books. On the first night of winter, you unsheath your blade and seek vengeance.

Released Apr 18, 2022 Developer Sky Machine Studios Publisher Blowfish Studios, Gamera Games Platforms Windows ActionAction RPGAdventureStealthSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

64.0%positive114 reviews
Recommended · 62 found this helpful

“Before you read further, know that Winter Ember is overpriced for what it offers. I love this game, even though I know I shouldn't. I've finished this game twice on Normal, once on Hard, and once on Faceless Man. Winter Ember is a stealth game clearly inspired by Thief and…”

— a player, Steam review · 71 hrs played
Recommended · 40 found this helpful

“I'm really interested in the story. There are some aspects of game play that could have been implemented better, sometimes movement or actions can feel limited but I'll deal with it. So far I'm liking what I played. The overall controls feel solid, the graphics and style is nice…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 288 found this helpful

“Now that I've beaten the game on hardest difficulty, I figured I'd update my review with a little more details even if the "Not recommended" rating hasn't changed. My playthrough took roughly 11 hours, which included completing a large portion of the side quests as well as doing…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
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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.

35achievements
7.2%median completion
2.4%rarest: 5 Second Massacre
36.1% of players 24.3% of players 22.9% of players 17.5% of players 17.0% of players 16.6% of players 15.6% of players 15.0% of players 12.4% of players 12.1% of players 11.5% of players 10.8% of players 10.5% of players 8.6% of players 8.1% of players 8.0% of players 7.5% of players 7.2% of players 7.1% of players 6.2% of players 6.2% of players 5.6% of players 5.1% of players 4.5% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 36.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
36.1%Iced Earth — Hidden achievement
24.3%Blade To The Throat — Performed 10 stealth kills
22.9%The Hunter — Killed 30 enemies
Rarest badges of honor
2.4%5 Second Massacre — Killed or knocked out 5 enemies within 5 seconds
2.4%Bragging Rights — Completed the game on Faceless Man difficulty
2.5%Pitch Black — Extinguished 50 light sources using water arrows

Latest official news

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

Jul 07, 2022
Major Patch Update - End of Community Test Branch

After two weeks of testing and positive feedback from the loyal Winter Ember community, the Community Beta Branch is getting pushed LIVE on the Main branch! As a result of this change, we will be disa

Jun 20, 2022
Patch Notes v1.5.7

This patch is an experimental build intended for the Community Beta Branch. It may be unstable or contain many new bugs. If you would like to learn more about our experimental process or how to opt in

Jun 20, 2022
Community Beta Branch Info

Hello Everyone, So, you’re interested in helping improve to the Winter Ember experience, and want to try the experimental build? Read ahead! Here, you will find information about how to opt into the C

Apr 25, 2022
Winter Ember AMA on Reddit's r/games!

We’re hosting an AMA on r/Games right now! Send us any questions you might have about the game, its development process or future plans! https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/uby1kd/ama_were_the_win

Apr 22, 2022
Community Feedback

The team at Sky Machine Studios and Blowfish Studios would like to thank the community for their support and feedback during the launch of Winter Ember. We are continually collecting and reviewing pla

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Adventure, Strategy
Player tagsAction · Action RPG · Adventure · Stealth · Singleplayer · Dark · Assassin · 3D · Isometric · Gothic · Heist · Cinematic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements35
Official sitehttps://www.blowfishstudios.com/game/wember
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6400 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 10 GB available space