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Children of Silentown

Elf Games · Daedalic Entertainment · 2023-01-11

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 11, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jan 11, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jan 11, 2023 (Xbox One), Jan 11, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 11, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 11, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.

Children of Silentown is a $19.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2023, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 1573 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

3
playing now
87%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (165 ratings)
5.5h
to beat · rushed 4.5h · completionist 6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,573 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-70%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.61 at WinGameStore (2026-07-15) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 140 of 190 observed days · $1.38 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20020020232026Week of 2023-01-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1622026-09-15 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
865Jan 2023Aug 2026Jan 2023 — avg 86 · peak 284Mar 2023 — avg 16 · peak 58May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 32Jul 2023 — avg 9 · peak 23Sep 2023 — avg 19 · peak 71Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 35Jan 2024 — avg 14 · peak 49Mar 2024 — avg 22 · peak 53May 2024 — avg 13 · peak 40Jul 2024 — avg 13 · peak 33Sep 2024 — avg 16 · peak 88Nov 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 37Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 35May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 26Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.612023-01-112026-10-142023-01-11 — best price $12.772023-03-16 — best price $19.992023-05-08 — best price $14.692023-06-29 — best price $13.992023-08-06 — best price $19.992023-10-07 — best price $19.992023-11-22 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $14.192024-02-11 — best price $15.292024-03-25 — best price $15.292024-04-25 — best price $8.992024-06-04 — best price $7.992024-07-18 — best price $7.992024-09-16 — best price $7.992024-10-10 — best price $7.992024-11-02 — best price $14.992024-11-26 — best price $7.992025-01-18 — best price $19.992025-04-17 — best price $6.992025-05-24 — best price $19.992025-07-12 — best price $19.992025-08-18 — best price $7.002025-09-19 — best price $19.992025-10-30 — best price $5.992025-12-04 — best price $16.572026-01-22 — best price $5.992026-03-05 — best price $19.992026-04-23 — best price $5.352026-06-16 — best price $6.292026-07-30 — best price $19.992026-09-03 — best price $5.992026-09-23 — best price $5.992026-10-13 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
67.5%
earned "Lucky charm"
32.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-01-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,01017%26
PS5 (PlayStation)12645%27
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)5225%26
PS4 (PlayStation)4957%27
PS5 (PlayStation)4833%27
Switch (Nintendo)130%0
PS4 (PlayStation)1155%27

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

Player tags

2DDarkHorrorPuzzleMysterySurrealCartoonyColorfulAdventureHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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