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Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery

Silver Lining Studio · Akupara Games · 2021-08-25

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AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 25, 2021 (Android), Aug 25, 2021 (iOS), Aug 25, 2021 (Mac), Jun 02, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 25, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 02, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Guide brush strokes and solve a variety of puzzles to help an aspiring artist complete her masterpiece amid her brusque neighbor’s gaze and his pesky cat. As her painting starts to take shape, uncover an emotional tale of chance and artistry revealed behind unrelated yet familiar moments.

Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $12.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 7660 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

2
playing now
94%
positive of 7.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (52 ratings)
1.4h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1.8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery is a point and click adventure game created by Taiwanese developer Silver Lining Studio, and co-published by Akupara Games and Akatsuki Taiwan Inc. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android in August 2021, then for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in June 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 254 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (731 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 153k–345k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,660 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2024-11-12) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 139 of 184 observed days · $5.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
70970920212026Week of 2021-08-01: 709 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-08-07 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.002021-03-272026-08-302021-03-27 — best price $0.002021-10-28 — best price $6.952021-12-16 — best price $6.792022-02-19 — best price $8.482022-05-06 — best price $9.742022-07-02 — best price $10.132022-09-06 — best price $12.992022-11-04 — best price $12.992023-01-07 — best price $10.282023-03-04 — best price $9.542023-05-04 — best price $8.702023-06-21 — best price $12.992023-08-22 — best price $12.992023-11-09 — best price $7.352023-12-24 — best price $7.992024-02-25 — best price $8.442024-04-09 — best price $8.442024-05-24 — best price $12.992024-07-16 — best price $8.442024-09-18 — best price $12.992024-11-13 — best price $12.992025-01-20 — best price $7.792025-03-19 — best price $7.792025-04-26 — best price $12.992025-06-15 — best price $12.992025-08-09 — best price $10.282025-09-24 — best price $12.992025-11-18 — best price $7.142026-01-08 — best price $9.892026-03-13 — best price $12.992026-04-24 — best price $7.152026-05-28 — best price $6.392026-07-13 — best price $9.892026-08-30 — best price $6.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2212026-05-31 — 20 pageviews2026-06-03 — 17 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-09 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 3 pageviews2026-06-15 — 19 pageviews2026-06-18 — 11 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 6 pageviews2026-06-27 — 11 pageviews2026-06-30 — 11 pageviews2026-07-03 — 15 pageviews2026-07-06 — 7 pageviews2026-07-09 — 16 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-15 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 18 pageviews2026-07-21 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-30 — 18 pageviews2026-08-02 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-28 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
81.8%
earned "Inspiration"
22.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSteam CloudRemote Play on Phone3 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,89040%19
PS4 (PlayStation)94574%20
PS5 (PlayStation)5271%12
Switch (Nintendo)350%0

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

RPGCuteAnimePuzzleRelaxingNarrativeHand-drawnStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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