The Council
The Council
Live player count and Steam charts
positive · 5,680 reviews
24h low 024h high 25
Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.
DeveloperBig Bad Wolf
PublisherFocus Entertainment
ReleasedMar 13, 2018
Runs onWindows
Steam hardwareSteam Deck Playable · SteamOS Playable · Steam Machine Playable
PriceFree to play
Player history
2019202120232024
Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 14, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.
Monthly player counts
* current month, data so far
| Month | Avg players | Gain | % gain | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 * | 15 | +4 | +36.4% | 40 |
| Jun 2026 | 11 | -1 | -8.3% | 33 |
| May 2026 | 12 | -1 | -7.7% | 42 |
| Apr 2026 | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | 39 |
| Mar 2026 | 13 | +2 | +18.2% | 39 |
| Feb 2026 | 11 | -7 | -38.9% | 36 |
| Jan 2026 | 18 | +3 | +20.0% | 43 |
| Dec 2025 | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | 40 |
| Nov 2025 | 15 | +2 | +15.4% | 50 |
| Oct 2025 | 13 | +1 | +8.3% | 34 |
| Sep 2025 | 12 | +2 | +20.0% | 35 |
| Aug 2025 | 10 | -6 | -37.5% | 38 |
* current month, data so far
Recent updates
via Steam
- Mar 25, 2020Episode 1 is now free to play!
- Dec 4, 2018The Council - Full Season Out Now!
- Nov 29, 2018Devblog - RPG meets Narrative Adventure
- Nov 27, 2018Devblog - Confrontations
- Nov 23, 2018Devblog - Choices
- Nov 22, 2018Fifth Episode: Checkmate Releases December 4
Audience
English
48%
Russian
26%
French
6%
German
4%
Spanish (Spain)
4%
Portuguese (Brazil)
3%
Other
8%
Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 85 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.
Achievements
Achievements
42
Median earned by
24.9%
Rarest earned by
8.2%
Every achievement in the game, ordered from most to least earned (#1 is the one the most players have). Height is the share of all players who have it; the dashed line is the median. Global rates from Steam.
