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Dreamfall Chapters cover art

Dreamfall Chapters

Red Thread Games · 2017-07-21

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 05, 2017 (PlayStation 4), May 05, 2017 (Xbox One), Oct 21, 2014 (Linux), Oct 21, 2014 (Mac), Oct 21, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.

Dreamfall Chapters is an Action, Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 4524 reviews).

1
playing now
82%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (83 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (288 downloads)
4.38★
PlayStation Store rating (1,176 ratings)
25h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Dreamfall Chapters is an episodic 3D adventure game with emphasis on character interaction, exploration of the game world, and puzzle solving. It is a sequel to the adventure games The Longest Journey and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. The game was released for PC in five episodes between 21 October 2014 and 17 June 2016. The updated "Final Cut" version was released on physical media for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 5 May 2017, and the Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux versions on 21 July 2017.

Trailer

Dreamfall Chapters trailer thumbnail

Dreamfall Chapters | Announcement Trailer | PS4

≈102,814 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 113k–272k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,535 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$2.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-03-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 33 of 48 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1912026-09-15 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2530Jul 2014Aug 2026Jul 2014 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2014 — avg 67 · peak 309Mar 2015 — avg 178 · peak 1,327Jul 2015 — avg 100 · peak 299Nov 2015 — avg 41 · peak 140Mar 2016 — avg 111 · peak 323Jul 2016 — avg 152 · peak 463Nov 2016 — avg 66 · peak 187Mar 2017 — avg 38 · peak 114Jul 2017 — avg 63 · peak 339Nov 2017 — avg 38 · peak 117Mar 2018 — avg 36 · peak 101Jul 2018 — avg 37 · peak 111Nov 2018 — avg 39 · peak 132Mar 2019 — avg 23 · peak 67Jul 2019 — avg 25 · peak 64Nov 2019 — avg 19 · peak 53Mar 2020 — avg 20 · peak 59Jul 2020 — avg 22 · peak 68Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 46Mar 2021 — avg 13 · peak 38Jul 2021 — avg 13 · peak 36Nov 2021 — avg 10 · peak 28Mar 2022 — avg 9 · peak 32Jul 2022 — avg 10 · peak 27Nov 2022 — avg 8 · peak 26Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Nov 2023 — avg 7 · peak 25Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 25Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 19Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $25.492015-05-19 — best price $17.992015-06-26 — best price $22.492015-09-18 — best price $14.992015-12-08 — best price $11.992016-01-29 — best price $29.992016-07-04 — best price $10.192016-12-02 — best price $8.992017-07-21 — best price $14.992017-10-16 — best price $24.992017-12-27 — best price $24.992018-07-05 — best price $24.992018-11-01 — best price $24.992019-01-21 — best price $6.242019-06-05 — best price $7.492019-08-29 — best price $12.492019-12-11 — best price $6.292020-03-30 — best price $24.992020-11-02 — best price $24.992021-02-11 — best price $8.492021-10-28 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $24.992023-01-05 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-11-26 — best price $8.492025-01-20 — best price $24.992025-03-19 — best price $7.492025-06-26 — best price $7.492025-11-10 — best price $9.992026-01-18 — best price $24.992026-03-02 — best price $7.492026-05-18 — best price $24.992026-08-14 — best price $6.252026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

188422026-06-02 — 59 pageviews2026-06-06 — 53 pageviews2026-06-10 — 90 pageviews2026-06-14 — 98 pageviews2026-06-18 — 67 pageviews2026-06-22 — 93 pageviews2026-06-26 — 71 pageviews2026-06-30 — 42 pageviews2026-07-04 — 72 pageviews2026-07-08 — 64 pageviews2026-07-12 — 62 pageviews2026-07-16 — 70 pageviews2026-07-20 — 73 pageviews2026-07-24 — 60 pageviews2026-07-28 — 78 pageviews2026-08-01 — 50 pageviews2026-08-05 — 71 pageviews2026-08-09 — 59 pageviews2026-08-13 — 68 pageviews2026-08-17 — 66 pageviews2026-08-21 — 58 pageviews2026-08-25 — 73 pageviews2026-08-29 — 62 pageviews2026-09-02 — 44 pageviews2026-09-06 — 80 pageviews2026-09-10 — 108 pageviews2026-09-14 — 66 pageviews2026-09-18 — 69 pageviews2026-09-22 — 56 pageviews2026-09-26 — 80 pageviews2026-09-30 — 53 pageviews2026-10-04 — 79 pageviews2026-10-08 — 61 pageviews2026-10-12 — 58 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
67%
earned "The beginning of the end"
23.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportSave AnytimeStereo SoundSubtitle Options1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-07-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,1656%59
PS4 (PlayStation)2,68236%46
Xbox One (Xbox)1,30714%45

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

PuzzleSci-fiFantasyAdventureCyberpunkLore-RichFuturisticStory RichAtmosphericKickstarter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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