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Anodyne

Melos Han-Tani · Analgesic Productions · 2013-03-22

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ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 22, 2013 (Linux), Mar 22, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 15, 2013 (Android), Sep 18, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Mar 22, 2013 (Mac), Feb 28, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!

85%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
6.6h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)
Anodyne is an action-adventure video game developed by Analgesic Productions. After a nearly year-long development through developers Melos Han-Tani and Marina Kittaka's last years in college, the game was released on February 4, 2013, for Windows PC, Mac OS X and Linux. An Android version was released as part of a Humble Bundle on October 15, 2013. The PlayStation 4 version of the game was released on September 9, 2018, the Xbox One version was released on September 21, 2018, and the Nintendo Switch version was released on February 28, 2019. The Anodyne soundtrack was also made available for purchase at the game’s initial release, including all of the music in the game as well as a few bonus tracks.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 12,647 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 64k–128k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,602 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99-10%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-10-28) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 85 of 108 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.992015-01-012026-09-062015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-08-24 — best price $2.492016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-09-08 — best price $4.992017-03-29 — best price $4.002018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-09-12 — best price $9.992019-05-17 — best price $4.002020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-06-15 — best price $9.992020-08-03 — best price $9.992020-09-22 — best price $8.892020-11-01 — best price $7.382020-12-11 — best price $9.992021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-03-13 — best price $9.992021-05-01 — best price $9.992021-07-05 — best price $4.992021-11-29 — best price $9.992022-04-12 — best price $7.342022-07-25 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-05-02 — best price $9.992023-08-25 — best price $9.992023-12-18 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.492024-10-08 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-03-27 — best price $4.992025-06-12 — best price $9.992025-10-02 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $7.492026-04-25 — best price $14.992026-07-20 — best price $14.992026-09-02 — best price $14.992026-09-06 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4552026-06-08 — 18 pageviews2026-06-11 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 18 pageviews2026-06-17 — 29 pageviews2026-06-20 — 25 pageviews2026-06-23 — 16 pageviews2026-06-26 — 24 pageviews2026-06-29 — 28 pageviews2026-07-02 — 15 pageviews2026-07-05 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 17 pageviews2026-07-11 — 15 pageviews2026-07-14 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 19 pageviews2026-07-20 — 8 pageviews2026-07-23 — 18 pageviews2026-07-26 — 26 pageviews2026-07-29 — 19 pageviews2026-08-01 — 19 pageviews2026-08-04 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 13 pageviews2026-08-10 — 17 pageviews2026-08-13 — 26 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-19 — 20 pageviews2026-08-22 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 17 pageviews2026-08-28 — 15 pageviews2026-08-31 — 22 pageviews2026-09-03 — 23 pageviews2026-09-05 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
71.8%
earned "A Tool"
10.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSave Anytime1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Basque

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-11-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,3224%6
PS4 (PlayStation)3,7174%16
Xbox One (Xbox)95211%16
Switch (Nintendo)660%0

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

Player tags

2DDarkIndieRetroCombatSurrealTop-DownAdventureAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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