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Deer & Boy cover art

Deer & Boy

Lifeline Games · Dear Villagers · 2026-06-23

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 23, 2026 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 23, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 23, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 23, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

A runaway boy meets a lost fawn, and together they cross a quiet, dangerous world. Solve puzzles, climb, and slip past threats as your companion grows from a fragile newborn into a powerful deer. What you cannot do alone, you learn to do together.

94%
positive of 407 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 4h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 316 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~45/week).
  • · Top 48% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.1k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 407 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.29-39%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at GamesPlanet US (2026-08-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15615620262026Week of 2026-06-23: 156 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$10.872026-06-232026-08-172026-06-23 — best price $14.752026-06-24 — best price $19.992026-06-26 — best price $17.992026-06-29 — best price $13.992026-06-30 — best price $17.992026-07-06 — best price $13.992026-07-07 — best price $16.042026-07-08 — best price $16.192026-07-09 — best price $15.892026-07-14 — best price $17.992026-07-15 — best price $19.992026-07-16 — best price $17.992026-07-28 — best price $19.992026-08-12 — best price $14.992026-08-13 — best price $12.992026-08-14 — best price $10.872026-08-15 — best price $13.312026-08-17 — best price $12.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
96.4%
earned "Sneak out"
51.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSave Anytime2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14313%28
PS5 (PlayStation)14150%29
Xbox Series (Xbox)2524%28
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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