Hello everyone!
Thank you so much for the awesome reception to our release date announcement last week. It’s hard to believe that we are only 8 days away from the Scriptorium launch! On one hand, it feels like plenty of time, but on the other - when you’re in the middle of pre-launch preparations, there are never enough hours in the day.
Still, we wanted to take a moment today and answer one of the biggest questions many of you have been asking: how much will Scriptorium actually cost?
As you might know, Valve recently updated its pricing matrix, providing developers and publishers with three different pricing variants for their games to adjust prices for different regions. While this was a helpful and welcome addition, it wasn’t always straightforward and didn’t necessarily lead to prices getting lower - in some cases, it even might have led to price increases in certain currencies. Because of this, we decided to take a more manual approach and analyze each currency individually, as we want you to feel that the pricing is thoughtful, fair, and adjusted to your local economic environment.
So, without further ado, here is the official base price for Scriptorium in some of the currencies widely used on Steam:
14.99 USD | 14.99 EUR | 12.99 GBP | 55.00 CNY | 49.99 PLN
(Keep in mind these are base prices, i.e., before any discounts - and we are preparing a really awesome launch discount that we think you’re gonna like!)
From day one, it was clear to us that we wanted Scriptorium to be affordable, and we hope these prices show you that we are very serious about that. We are gamers ourselves, and we know the market is tough, with so many incredible games being released basically every day. We want you to look at Scriptorium and feel like you’re paying a fair price for a game with unlimited creative possibilities, hundreds of hand-drawn assets, and dozens of commissions - all of that created by real, human artists with no genAI support. In short, we tried to set these prices the way we ourselves would want them to be, as players wanting to play a cozy, medieval sandbox game like Scriptorium.
Lastly, for players in price sensitive countries whose currencies' purchasing power can be especially difficult under the standard Steam Pricing Matrix, we hear you, and we’re putting extra effort into properly adjusting regional pricing for your countries. We are not simply converting prices from the USD; we are looking carefully at what makes sense for your local markets. We want the decision to buy the game and join our community to feel natural and accessible from the perspective of your local wallet, wherever you are in the world - you can expect a properly adjusted price on launch day.
Thank you for reading the update! We’re now heading back to work and doing some final polishing before Scriptorium launches on April 16. Exciting times ahead!
All the best,
Yaza Games and Mythwright Teams
PS. We also wanted to show you this cute hedgehog too! No reason, we just think he's incredibly cool guy.
