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Draugen cover art

Draugen

Red Thread Games · 2019-05-29

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 21, 2020 (Xbox One), May 29, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 21, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.

1
playing now
74%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
3h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Draugen is set in the early 1920s and delves into the deepest, darkest secrets of a remote fishing community where every single soul has mysteriously vanished. As the player explores the tiny settlement, gathering clues and memories, and unearthing the truth behind a terrible tragedy, they will learn more about the history of the village and its inhabitants. And they will come to see that behind even the most innocent of facades lurks the potential for malice. But there is more to this place than meets the eye. From time to time, a woman in black can be spotted in the distance. Who is she, a(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 76 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (301 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 53k–128k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,139 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-03-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 21 of 40 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23223220192026Week of 2019-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992019-05-292026-08-302019-05-29 — best price $19.992019-07-26 — best price $17.992019-10-07 — best price $19.992019-11-04 — best price $19.992019-12-01 — best price $14.992020-01-08 — best price $11.992020-03-30 — best price $19.992020-05-31 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $11.992021-01-04 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-08-19 — best price $7.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-11-26 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-05 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-06-03 — best price $4.992025-07-23 — best price $5.992025-10-20 — best price $5.992025-12-11 — best price $7.992026-01-23 — best price $7.992026-02-28 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $3.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-07-13 — best price $4.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
90.9%
earned ""Knock, knock""
66.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Norwegian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,87317%13
PS4 (PlayStation)46931%13
Xbox One (Xbox)38428%13

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

IndieShortHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureCinematicDetectiveHistoricalStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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