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Dream Ending cover art

Dream Ending

#workshop · NVLMaker · 2019-07-22

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is a small tale from the end. The leftovers of mankind are destined to perish as the Arks break orbit. Suddenly, however, she's making me ask her out, an invitation to face the apocalypse together... a short but exquisite visual novel, "Dream Ending" is humanity's last love story.

4
playing now
97%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 62 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (198 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 11,441 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 81k–195k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,248 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.35 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19519520192026Week of 2019-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-11 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$2.352019-07-232026-08-242019-07-23 — best price $3.192019-10-28 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $2.792020-03-16 — best price $2.792020-06-25 — best price $2.592020-10-12 — best price $2.592020-11-25 — best price $2.592021-01-18 — best price $2.592021-03-15 — best price $2.592021-05-17 — best price $2.592021-08-23 — best price $2.592021-11-11 — best price $2.592021-12-22 — best price $2.592022-02-14 — best price $2.592022-04-29 — best price $2.592022-06-24 — best price $2.392022-09-30 — best price $2.392022-12-11 — best price $2.392023-01-19 — best price $2.392023-03-16 — best price $2.392023-05-31 — best price $2.392023-08-07 — best price $2.392023-11-07 — best price $2.392024-01-04 — best price $3.992024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-10-08 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $3.992025-02-01 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $3.992025-06-14 — best price $3.992025-08-10 — best price $3.992025-12-05 — best price $3.992026-02-27 — best price $3.992026-05-14 — best price $3.992026-08-10 — best price $2.352026-08-24 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
84.3%
earned "The ending and beginning of a dream"
60.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)56280%11

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

Player tags

AnimeIndieCasualRomanceAdventureVisual NovelSexual Content

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.