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Source of Madness

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App ID 1315610
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Thunderful Publishing
Franchise Thunderful Publishing, Source of Madness
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 31742148
Last Record Update 18 October 2025 – 09:53:18 UTC ()
Release Date 11 May 2022 – 16:04:15 UTC ()
😌 68.87%
1k reviews
23
In-Game
+2
👻 Roguelite 🐙 Lovecraftian 💥 Action 💨 Metroidvania 😨 Dark

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.

Additional Information

Developer Carry Castle
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Thunderful Publishing
Store Release Date 11 May 2022 – 16:04:20 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1)
Steam Release Date 11 May 2022 – 16:04:15 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 25 June 2025 – 09:39:37 UTC () (1750844377)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, Protocol_Buffers SDK, UnityBurst SDK, UnityURP SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 9 September 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 9440357
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
AI Content Type 2
Early Access Release Date 22 September 2021 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 6 May 2020 – 13:51:08 UTC (), in changelist #8364768
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

12 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Thai Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes

Tags

👻 Roguelite 🐙 Lovecraftian 💥 Action 💨 Metroidvania 😨 Dark 💥 Souls-like 🪄 Magic 🧝 Dark Fantasy 🏽 2D 🌫 Atmospheric 🎭 Fantasy 💥 Action RPG 🤫 Mystery 👻 Action Roguelike 🌄 Action-Adventure ⚔️ Combat 🔀 Procedural Generation 👤 Singleplayer 👻 Roguevania 🔋 Physics

Categories

Single-player Shared/Split Screen PvP Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Remote Play Together Family Sharing PvP Shared/Split Screen Multi-player Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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timestamp1 October 2025 – 15:04:39 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 23 players right now
  • 25 24-hour peak
  • 316 all-time peak 4 September 2025
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  • 3 24-hour peak
  • 24,152 all-time peak
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  • 😌 Mostly Positive
  • 68.87% SteamDB Rating
  • 990 71.3% positive reviews
  • 399 28.7% negative reviews

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Markers

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20 January 2023 ⇄ Humble Bundle: In Case You Missed It: Gems of 2022 -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 23 players live playing Source of Madness on Steam.

Source of Madness had an all-time peak of 316 concurrent players on 4 September 2025.

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