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ARIDA: Backland's Awakening

Aoca Game Lab · 2019-08-15

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

ARIDA: Backland's Awakening is a 2019 Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG priced at $1.18, with Very Positive (88% of 791 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
88%
positive of 791 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.18
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 29,241 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 791 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

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 27 of 33 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320192026Week of 2019-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek 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: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.50$0.002019-08-162026-10-152019-08-16 — 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 $2.202026-09-24 — best price $0.002026-10-15 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1302026-05-29 — 4 pageviews2026-06-02 — 3 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-10 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 6 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2 pageviews2026-06-26 — 2 pageviews2026-06-30 — 3 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 8 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1 pageviews2026-09-02 — 3 pageviews2026-09-06 — 3 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-18 — 5 pageviews2026-09-22 — 2 pageviews2026-09-26 — 6 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 3 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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