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[Chilla's Art] The Night Way Home | 帰り道 cover art

[Chilla's Art] The Night Way Home | 帰り道

Chilla's Art · 2021-08-06

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Aug 07, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Night Way Home is a Japanese survival horror game.

[Chilla's Art] The Night Way Home | 帰り道 is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 307 reviews).

0
playing now
66%
positive of 310 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (112 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.2k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 310 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2022-01-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
818120212026Week of 2021-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$3.492021-08-072026-08-172021-08-07 — best price $4.492021-08-23 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $3.992021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-01-10 — best price $3.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-04-18 — best price $3.992022-05-30 — best price $4.992022-07-11 — best price $3.992022-08-22 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $3.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-04-10 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $4.492023-07-24 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992023-12-11 — best price $4.992024-01-15 — best price $3.992024-03-04 — best price $4.992024-04-22 — best price $4.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-09 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-04-14 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-02-05 — best price $4.492026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-08-17 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
53.4%
earned "Mother's love"
6.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

3DCute1980s1990'sPuzzleStylizedAdventureCinematicRealisticMinimalist

Census log

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

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