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A New Beginning - Final Cut cover art

A New Beginning - Final Cut

Daedalic Entertainment · 2012-12-11

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 11, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A New Beginning is a cinematic adventure-thriller done graphic novel-style.

A New Beginning - Final Cut is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (74% of 2162 reviews).

6
playing now
74%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

A New Beginning is a point-and-click adventure video game developed by Daedalic Entertainment and published by Lace Mamba Global for Microsoft Windows, OS X and iOS. The game's story, focused on theme of climate change, sees players assume the role of two different characters - a scientist from the 1990s who developed a clean fuel source method; and a time traveller from the distant future where climate changes has brought the world close to extinction - who must work together to change the course of history for the sake of humanity's survival in the future. The game received mixed reviews following its release.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 121 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 188% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 86k–173k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,162 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$0.79-92%
GOG$0.99-90%
Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%
GamersGate$1.00-90%
GreenManGaming$1.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at GreenManGaming (2016-02-05) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 137 of 175 observed days · $0.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7802026-09-14 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 78 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 29 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
323Dec 2012Aug 2026Dec 2012 — avg 28 · peak 79May 2013 — avg 5 · peak 20Oct 2013 — avg 7 · peak 25Mar 2014 — avg 18 · peak 78Aug 2014 — avg 10 · peak 35Jan 2015 — avg 12 · peak 55Jun 2015 — avg 10 · peak 36Nov 2015 — avg 7 · peak 29Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 29Sep 2016 — avg 7 · peak 30Feb 2017 — avg 13 · peak 49Jul 2017 — avg 7 · peak 24Dec 2017 — avg 8 · peak 27May 2018 — avg 8 · peak 26Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 17Mar 2019 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16Jan 2020 — avg 7 · peak 21Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 23Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 25Apr 2021 — avg 8 · peak 30Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.40$0.672015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.482015-06-12 — best price $0.992015-10-23 — best price $9.992016-02-24 — best price $9.992016-07-15 — best price $2.492017-01-10 — best price $9.992017-07-03 — best price $1.992018-01-11 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $1.002018-12-14 — best price $0.992019-06-13 — best price $0.992019-11-25 — best price $9.992020-03-14 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $7.342020-10-16 — best price $8.892021-01-04 — best price $9.992021-03-21 — best price $0.792021-05-28 — best price $9.992021-09-12 — best price $0.792021-12-20 — best price $0.992022-03-24 — best price $7.342022-07-11 — best price $9.992022-10-31 — best price $0.922023-02-23 — best price $9.992023-06-11 — best price $0.992023-10-25 — best price $0.992024-02-12 — best price $9.992024-05-13 — best price $9.992024-08-29 — best price $1.002025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-06-04 — best price $9.992025-10-01 — best price $1.002026-01-21 — best price $9.992026-05-23 — best price $9.992026-08-16 — best price $0.992026-09-25 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2762026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-02 — 25 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 11 pageviews2026-06-18 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 14 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 12 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 11 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 13 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-25 — 10 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews2026-09-02 — 20 pageviews2026-09-06 — 26 pageviews2026-09-10 — 19 pageviews2026-09-14 — 18 pageviews2026-09-18 — 13 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 11 pageviews2026-09-30 — 8 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
63.6%
earned "Scrapped and Trashed"
33%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-11-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,79732%28

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieRetro1990'sPuzzleSci-fiClassicAdventureEscape RoomTime Travel

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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