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Book of the Old

Book of the Old Steam metadata

MingCang Studio | Mar 23, 2021 | game

Released

0players observed · 24 September 2026 - 03:10:18 UTC

ActionIndieEarly AccessSteam Store

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak6
  • Units sold (VGI)270
  • Revenue (VGI)$1,560
  • Review score100% positive

Book of the Old metadata records Steam app facts, developer and publisher details, platform support, store categories, language support, and reference links.

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak6
  • Units sold (VGI)270
  • Revenue (VGI)$1,560
  • Review score100% positive
  • Total reviews9
  • Release dateMar 23, 2021
  • DeveloperMingCang Studio
  • PublisherMingCang Studio

Genres: Action, Indie, Early Access

Company pages: Developer: MingCang StudioPublisher: MingCang Studio

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Book of the Old Steam metadata

Book of the Old metadata records Steam app facts, developer and publisher details, platform support, store categories, language support, and reference links.

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Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

9 user reviews

100% positive, 9 positive, 0 negative

Price and discount

$9.99

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

Achievements

11

Platform releases
  • Steam 23 March 2021

Latest Steam announcements

  • Bug Fixed - 4 May 2022

    Cards SnowFlake Reduce Shoot Range from 15 / 30 / 60 to 10 / 20 / 40

  • Enter the Dragon - 21 April 2022

    We're excited to be part of Enter the Dragon, an all-new event running from April 22 - 29 celebrating the fantastic games being developed by studios from across the Greater China region. We'll also be taking part in the Enter the Dragon sale for the duration of the event, so don't miss out on some great savings. We've been working hard over the last number of months, and we're pumped to be able to share a brand new demo of Book of the Old during the event! So mark your calendars and set your alarms - Enter the Dragon kicks off on April 22 at 19:00(EDT)/22:00(PDT)

  • 2021-07-06 Difficulty System Update - 6 July 2021

    Difficulty System The difficulty system is divided into four levels: Simple, Hard, Crazy, and Nightmare. For maps of different levels, the probability of the appearance of elite monsters and enhanced monsters will be different. Elite Monster Elite monsters increase their health by 300%, increase their damage by 75%, and have one of the following four auras: Life Aura: HP increased by 100% Damage Aura: Increases damage caused by 20% Move Speed Aura: Move Speed increased by 50% Damage Reduction Aura: Damage taken is reduced by 20% Enhanced Monster Enhanced monsters will choose an additional effect from the followings: Death Explosion: After death, it will cause 10/15/20/25/30 damage to enemy units in the area. Death Aid: After death, restore 10/15/20/25/30 HP to friendly units in the area. Death Shot: Fire bullets with damage of 10/15/20/25/30 in eight directions after death. Injury Resis…

  • 2021-06-28 Balance and BOSS AI Adjustment - 28 June 2021

    In this update, all AIs have been reworked, and the current AI can deal with the stun effect more reasonably; at the same time, the behavior AI and some skills of all bosses have been reworked, and overall difficulty and balance adjustments have been made. Bonds Mechanism Mechanism(2): Bonce time increased from 1 to 2; Add effect “+2 bounce damage” Mechanism(4): Bonce time increased from 2 to 3; Bounce damage increased from -2 to +3 War War(2): Increase the explosion range War(4): Now is “Makes you immune to explosion damage; Bullet Speed +15%” Law Law(2): The action time after fatal damage increased from 3s to 5s, and increase 100% ATK in the period Law(4): Now is “Move Speed +20 and ATK speed +50 if there is only one enemy in room” Holy Holy(4): Add effect “Reflect 20% damage to near enemies” Clock Clock(4): Attack enemy number increased from 1 to 3 Challenger Challenger(2): Now the a…

  • 2021-06-02 Potion and Sealed Item System is Online - 2 June 2021

    Materials The materials will be dropped by defeating a Boss. They are necessary items to synthesize potions and upgrade sealed items. Potions The potion is a one-time consumable. It is synthesized from materials. You can choose one bottle for each exploration. The effect will last until the end of the exploration. There are a total of 80 kinds of potions, among which 30 kinds of recipes are directly unlocked, and the rest need to be collected by defeating the Bosses. Introduction to some potions Potion: Great Sword ATK +3 Potion: Skeleton Critical Damage +25% Potion: Ring HP Recovery Chance by Kill +1% HP Recovery by Kill +1 Potion: Alchemy Base Coins +10 Potion: Rune Skill Cost -20% Potion: Blessing Max HP +10 Max SAN +10 Potion: Ancient Beasts Bullet Damage +12.5% Potion: Rogue Move Speed +10 ATK Range +15 Critical Damage +25% Potion: Gorgeous Opening Makes damage as current ATK to al…

  • 2021-05-08 HP Recovery Mechanism Modified and Bug Fixed - 8 May 2021

    Game Mechanics HP Recovery The former “HP Recovery per Kill” of the player character and the card effect are now replaced with two attributes: the “HP Recovery Chance” and the “HP Recovery”. Now every time a monster is killed, there will be a certain probability to restore a certain amount of HP Cards BloodFang(BatFang) Name modification Cost increased from 1 to 4 Landscape Effect “+5%/10%/20% HP Recovery Chance by Kill” added Portrait Skill’s Duration decreased from 4/4/4 to 3/3/3 Portrait Skill’s Lifesteal decreased from 10%/20%/30% to 5%/10%/15% ToughSpirit Portrait Skill’s cost increased from 15/15/15 to 25/25/25 Portrait Skill’s extra HP decreased from 40/80/160 to 20/40/80 Herb Portrait Skill’s Restore Rate decreased from 5%/8%/13% to 5%/7.5%/10% BloodyMoon Landscape Effect “+1/2/4 HP Recovery per Kill” removed Landscape Effect “+5%/10%/20% HP Recovery Chance by Kill” added TheRem…

  • 2021-05-01 Room Mechanism and Gameplay Update - 30 April 2021

    Room Mechanism In the new version, 7 traps/triggers have been added to the room, and use the new room mechanism to redo the maps of all areas. Spike Trap Any unit will activate the trap after stepping on it, and the trap will cause damage to all units above it after 1 second. According to the regional pollution level, the damage caused is 10/15/20/25/30. Arrow Trap After any unit steps on the trigger, it will shoot an arrow from the corresponding launcher, causing damage to the first unit it touches. According to the regional pollution level, the damage caused is 10/15/20/25/30. Bomb Trap After any unit steps on the trigger, it will shoot a bomb from the corresponding launcher with a random speed, and after a delay of 2 seconds, it will cause explosion damage to all units in a small area. According to the regional pollution level, the damage caused is 10/15/20/25/30. Flame Trigger The l…

  • 2021-04-06 New Teleportation Function - 6 April 2021

    Teleportation Function Now the puppet can teleport to any entered room through large map. The teleportation function will be disabled during the battle. Small Update & Bug Fixed The dialogs can be skipped with any keys now. Fix some interaction bugs during the guidance.

  • 2021-04-02 Loading Optimization - 2 April 2021

    Monster Reduce the model size of each monster. Improve the pre-loading mechanism to reduce the stuttering phenomenon when loading monsters for the first time. Map Improved scanning speed of room route planning. Deleted the redundant operation when the room was created.

Patch notes and updates

S.noRelease datePatch nameGID number
14 May 2022Bug Fixed4348799082185297972
26 July 20212021-07-06 Difficulty System Update4032392655105984680
328 June 20212021-06-28 Balance and BOSS AI Adjustment4032392655077477403
48 May 20212021-05-08 HP Recovery Mechanism Modified and Bug Fixed4072920612507804379
56 April 20212021-04-06 New Teleportation Function4023377846292790596
62 April 20212021-04-02 Loading Optimization4023377846278048843

Complete SteamPulse Game Data

Full game metadata

FieldValue
Steam app typegame
Steam App ID1544480
Live current players0
SteamPulse tracked peak6
Live count (today's peak floor)0
Price$9.99
Free to playNo
Discount0%
Original price USD$9.99
Current price USD$9.99
Release dateMar 23, 2021
DeveloperMingCang Studio
PublisherMingCang Studio
Owners estimatedNot available
SteamSpy owner estimate minimumNot available
SteamSpy owner estimate maximumNot available
Review type9 user reviews
Positive review percent100%
Positive reviews9
Negative reviews0
Total reviews9
Steam recommendationsNot available
Achievements11
Average playtime forever1,704 minutes
Windows supportYes
macOS supportNo
Linux supportNo
Parent gameNot available
Store URLhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1544480/

Short description

Roguelike shooting game with an autochesslike card system. Now what you get after cleaning a room not only depends on your luck -- it depends on the combination of planning, decision, and luck. What is your road, you decide.

About this game

Contact Us Welcome to join us, and feel free to put forward your suggestions and feedback! Join the official QQ group: Book of the Old Players Group 1: 102153208 About the Game The Old, will Return A puppet somehow has its own will, accidentally summoned a mystical soul from the Otherworld. Now they are trapped in a mysterious manor. What is behind all this, and what is awaiting these two souls? The answer lays in the Book of the Old. A Roguelike shooting game Dodge enemies' bullets and shoot them! Every time you start a journey, it will be all new! Adventure deeper, and new maps, enemies, stories will appear. Decide you own adventure plan -- do you prefer easy maps, or dangerous ones with high benefits? Equipment? No, they are cards! Collecting coins after cleaning rooms. Use coins to get powerful cards, or keep the coins for interest -- if you are not killed by powerful enemies. The altar will provide 5 cards each time for you to pick, and you can refresh them all if there is no your target card -- of course you should pay for that. 3 same cards will became higher ranked card, witch can assist you fighting more powerful enemies. Each card has two forms of ability and two bonds. With 80 cards and 32 bonds, it's up to your wisdom and imagination how powerful you can be. What's that monster? 80 monsters and 23 bosses, every of them has its unique skill and action. Some of them can even cooperate. Be careful, every single kind of these monsters is fatal! This is a roguelike game with infinite possibilities. What is your road, you decide.

Supported languages

Simplified Chinese, English

Steam categories

Category IDCategory
2Single-player
22Steam Achievements
23Steam Cloud
62Family Sharing

Regional ratings

BoardRatingDescriptors
dejuslViolência fantasiosa
steam germany6Fantasy-Gewalt
igrs13Kekerasan

Steam marketplace comparison data

Price History Overview

USD uses SteamPulse's own locally recorded daily store snapshots, so this overview reflects the exact regional price history that SteamPulse has captured for this currency.

Coverage And Tracking Window

  • Snapshots: 1
  • Coverage: Sep 24, 2026 to Sep 24, 2026
  • Lowest observed: $9.99
  • Highest observed: $9.99

Book of the Old's USD price history spans from Sep 24, 2026 to Sep 24, 2026, with 1 recorded snapshot across 1 calendar day. Each row records the available final price, listed base price, and discount metadata for that observation. Within this coverage the lowest recorded price is $9.99, the highest is $9.99, and the first visible tracked price is $9.99. These comparisons apply only to the snapshots SteamPulse holds; missing observations can contain changes that are not represented here.

For USD, SteamPulse uses locally captured regional storefront snapshots and does not reconstruct older prices with exchange-rate conversion. The chart and table show the values recorded for this exact currency from the stated coverage start. Additional snapshots extend that record, but they do not fill unobserved days or prove what the storefront displayed between observations.

Discount Windows And Sale Timing

  • Discount windows: 0
  • Discounted days: 0 days
  • Deepest markdown: No discount tracked
  • Latest sale window: No sale window tracked

Book of the Old's tracked USD rows do not contain a discount window. This means no available snapshot in the stated coverage has usable discount metadata; it does not prove that the game was never discounted. Missing snapshots or archived rows without complete metadata can hide a sale, so SteamPulse does not infer pricing strategy from this absence.

If a later snapshot includes discount metadata, it will appear here with its recorded depth, price, date, and sale name when available. Until then, this section should be read only as a description of the available rows, not as evidence about the publisher's promotion policy.

Observed Price Changes And Stable Runs

  • Observed price drops: 0
  • Observed price rises: 0
  • Longest stable run: 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking
  • Current run: 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking

Outside rows carrying discount metadata, the tracked price has not recorded a separate price rise or drop yet. That means the observed undiscounted level has stayed stable across the snapshots SteamPulse currently holds. This is a statement about the recorded coverage only; it does not prove that an older or missing price change never happened.

The longest unchanged price stretch in the current record lasts 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking at $9.99, from Sep 24, 2026 through Sep 24, 2026. Among rows without discount metadata, the longest unchanged run lasts 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking at $9.99. The latest run records $9.99 for 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking as the same recorded undiscounted price. Run lengths describe consecutive stored observations only and do not establish that a price is permanent.

Latest Snapshot And Sales Context

  • Current price: $9.99
  • Current list price: $9.99
  • Distinct observed prices: 1
  • Source mode: SteamPulse local tracking

The latest tracked snapshot records Book of the Old at $9.99 in USD, with no active discount metadata. Across the available history SteamPulse has recorded 1 distinct final price in this currency. This supports comparisons with the lowest, highest, and most common values present in the retained record, subject to the stated coverage limits.

The live sales view and Steam sales record provide calendar context for these dates. A date overlap can be compared with a named Steam event, but it does not prove why a publisher changed a price. As new daily rows arrive, this overview recalculates its observed prices, discount windows, and run lengths automatically.

Regional Steam prices

CountryCurrencyFinal priceOriginal priceDiscount
United StatesUSD$9.99$9.990%
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Tracked regional price history

The tracked Steam price is stable at $9.99.

CountryCurrencySnapshotsFirst trackedLatest trackedChangeLatest discount
United StatesUSD1$9.99$9.99No changeNo discount
United KingdomGB0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Euro AreaEU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
AustraliaAU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
CanadaCA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
IndiaIN0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
BrazilBR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
RussiaRU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ChinaCN0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
JapanJP0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
South KoreaKR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
MexicoMX0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
NorwayNO0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PolandPL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
SwitzerlandCH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
New ZealandNZ0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
SingaporeSG0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Hong KongHK0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
South AfricaZA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
UkraineUA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
KazakhstanKZ0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
IndonesiaID0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ThailandTH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
MalaysiaMY0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PhilippinesPH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
VietnamVN0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
United Arab EmiratesAE0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Saudi ArabiaSA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
IsraelIL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ChileCL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ColombiaCO0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Costa RicaCR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
KuwaitKW0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PeruPE0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
QatarQA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
TaiwanTW0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
UruguayUY0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ArmeniaAM0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ArgentinaAR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
TurkeyTR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PakistanPK0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount

United States price history (USD)

Tracked price is stable at $9.99.

DateCurrent priceOriginal priceDiscountSource
2026-09-24$9.99$9.99No discountSteam Store

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