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Faraway: Puzzle Escape cover art

Faraway: Puzzle Escape

Pine Studio · Snapbreak · 2021-03-05

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 05, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Faraway is an adventure game, a modern tribute to Myst. In Faraway you're an adventurer exploring ruins of ancient temples full of challenges and mysterious riddles.

Faraway: Puzzle Escape is a 2021 Adventure and Casual game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 138 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 138 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Faraway: Puzzle Escape is an escape the room puzzle video game developed by Pine Studio for iOS and Android platforms. The first six levels of the game are available as free-to-try HTML5 version on major web gaming portals like CrazyGames and have been compared to the Myst video game series. The updated Director's Cut edition of Faraway was released on Steam for the PC in a first for the series on 4 March 2021.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 29,024 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 138 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-07-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520212026Week of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992021-03-052026-07-272021-03-05 — best price $8.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-12-12 — best price $3.492023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-06 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-05 — best price $3.342023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-09-18 — best price $3.342023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-01-29 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $2.492024-04-22 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-07-22 — best price $4.992024-10-16 — best price $2.492024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $2.492025-01-27 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-04-21 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $1.742025-07-21 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-10-27 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-01-19 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-04-13 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-06-01 — 2 pageviews2026-06-05 — 4 pageviews2026-06-09 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 3 pageviews2026-06-17 — 12 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 7 pageviews2026-06-29 — 7 pageviews2026-07-03 — 7 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 0 pageviews2026-07-15 — 12 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 2 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 2 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1 pageviews2026-09-01 — 6 pageviews2026-09-05 — 4 pageviews2026-09-09 — 3 pageviews2026-09-13 — 3 pageviews2026-09-17 — 3 pageviews2026-09-21 — 6 pageviews2026-09-25 — 3 pageviews2026-09-29 — 6 pageviews2026-10-03 — 4 pageviews2026-10-07 — 5 pageviews2026-10-10 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
92.1%
earned "First Steps"
18.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

22 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Japanese…

Player tags

3DLogicCasualPuzzleMysteryRelaxingAdventureMinimalistStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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