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ARIDA: Backland's Awakening cover art

ARIDA: Backland's Awakening

Aoca Game Lab · 2019-08-15

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 18, 2022 (iOS), Jun 29, 2022 (Android), Nov 21, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 16, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 22, 2024 (Xbox One), Aug 16, 2019 (Linux)

ARIDA: Backland's Awakening. A story of survival and adventure in the brazilian backlands. Face the drought to explore the more arid regions, gather resources and discover clues about the fate of the young Cícera.

1
playing now
88%
positive of 788 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 1.5h · completionist 7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.18
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

ARIDA: Backland's Awakening is an adventure and survival video game developed by Aoca Game Lab. The game was released in August 2019, exclusively for Windows, through digital distribution on the Steam platform. The player experiences the journey of Cícera, a young countrywoman who needs to overcome obstacles imposed by hunger and drought in the Brazilian backlands of the 19th century.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 788 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.18-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.84 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 21 of 28 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.50$0.002019-08-162026-08-272019-08-16 — best price $8.492020-01-08 — best price $7.992020-04-20 — best price $5.992020-10-12 — best price $5.992021-02-11 — best price $4.192021-05-10 — best price $3.492021-07-13 — best price $2.492021-12-13 — best price $6.992022-01-14 — best price $4.192022-02-23 — best price $3.492022-04-21 — best price $3.492022-06-10 — best price $2.802022-07-11 — best price $6.992022-09-19 — best price $3.492022-11-22 — best price $3.142022-12-22 — best price $2.792023-02-04 — best price $6.992023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-10-18 — best price $6.992024-01-04 — best price $8.502024-05-22 — best price $4.252024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-08-23 — best price $3.492024-10-09 — best price $2.792024-12-13 — best price $1.052025-01-21 — best price $5.592025-03-13 — best price $5.592025-04-16 — best price $4.542025-07-11 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-05-28 — best price $2.202026-08-06 — best price $2.202026-08-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-05-29 — 4 pageviews2026-06-01 — 2 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-07 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 6 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2 pageviews2026-06-25 — 2 pageviews2026-06-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-01 — 3 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 6 pageviews2026-07-13 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-07-31 — 10 pageviews2026-08-03 — 5 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
51.2%
earned "Harvest Sun"
16%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyGamepad Recommended#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support

12 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Indonesian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5977%30
Xbox One (Xbox)445%30

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

Player tags

3DIndieNatureCartoonStylizedSurvivalAdventureEmotionalHistoricalStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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