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AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected

Aurelien Regard Games · Dear Villagers · 2019-02-13

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 07, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 13, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 05, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Feb 08, 2019 (Xbox One)

In a mood for a little journey to a colourful world full of unexpected events and crazy characters? Jump into a feel-good adventure with rogue-lite elements, where action meets cuteness and powers come with friendship. A love letter to anime and quirkiness from two indie developers.

AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $1.69, with a Mixed review sentiment (55% of 223 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
55%
positive of 223 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
3.91★
PlayStation Store rating (139 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.69
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Away: Journey to the Unexpected is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Aurélien Regard Games and published by Dear Villagers.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.6k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 223 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.69-90%
IndieGala$1.69-90%
WinGameStore$1.69-90%
GamersGate$1.70-90%
GreenManGaming$1.70-90%
GOG$16.99
Microsoft Store$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.27 at GameBillet (2025-06-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 167 of 210 observed days · $0.42 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120192026Week of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$18.30$1.172019-01-142026-10-142019-01-14 — best price $13.992019-07-08 — best price $12.742019-11-20 — best price $11.382020-01-13 — best price $16.992020-02-24 — best price $10.192020-05-04 — best price $16.992020-07-20 — best price $10.152020-09-06 — best price $15.192020-10-22 — best price $15.192020-12-05 — best price $16.992021-01-22 — best price $14.332021-03-31 — best price $16.992021-05-18 — best price $14.332021-07-26 — best price $15.292021-11-02 — best price $13.372022-01-05 — best price $16.992022-03-09 — best price $13.372022-07-18 — best price $16.992022-10-23 — best price $14.442023-01-18 — best price $18.302023-04-11 — best price $13.492023-07-03 — best price $2.542023-09-14 — best price $16.992023-11-22 — best price $4.242024-02-11 — best price $12.822024-04-20 — best price $16.992024-08-05 — best price $2.712024-11-04 — best price $16.992025-01-23 — best price $16.992025-04-16 — best price $1.692025-07-17 — best price $16.992025-09-26 — best price $16.992025-11-29 — best price $13.372026-01-24 — best price $16.992026-03-25 — best price $16.992026-05-21 — best price $16.992026-08-03 — best price $1.442026-09-05 — best price $1.692026-10-05 — best price $1.692026-10-14 — best price $1.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-05-31 — 3 pageviews2026-06-04 — 7 pageviews2026-06-08 — 2 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 3 pageviews2026-06-20 — 2 pageviews2026-06-24 — 3 pageviews2026-06-28 — 2 pageviews2026-07-02 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-14 — 1 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-22 — 5 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 0 pageviews2026-08-05 — 7 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1 pageviews2026-08-13 — 2 pageviews2026-08-17 — 0 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-29 — 3 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 2 pageviews2026-09-18 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 6 pageviews2026-09-26 — 8 pageviews2026-09-30 — 0 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5 pageviews2026-10-08 — 4 pageviews2026-10-09 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
65.4%
earned "A Ribbeting Friendship"
22.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)74335%16
Steam (Steam)59120%16
PS4 (PlayStation)45930%16
Switch (Nintendo)120%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

AnimeIndieActionAdventureRogue-liteFirst-PersonSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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