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Follow the meaning

HiKing Mind Studio · Second Maze · 2024-11-22

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 21, 2024 (Mac)

Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…

Follow the meaning is a $4.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2024, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 1039 reviews).

3
playing now
94%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (302 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,039 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-11-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 51 of 73 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28528520242026Week of 2024-11-22: 285 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-29: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-06: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-13: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-20: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-27: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-03: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$2.492024-11-222026-10-142024-11-22 — best price $3.742025-01-07 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.342025-05-08 — best price $4.992025-07-23 — best price $2.792025-08-15 — best price $2.792025-09-01 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.342025-10-08 — best price $4.992025-11-17 — best price $3.742025-12-03 — best price $4.992026-01-03 — best price $2.492026-01-23 — best price $3.742026-02-20 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-17 — best price $2.492026-07-17 — best price $4.992026-08-28 — best price $2.492026-08-31 — best price $2.492026-09-03 — best price $2.492026-09-06 — best price $2.492026-09-09 — best price $2.492026-09-12 — best price $4.992026-09-15 — best price $4.992026-09-18 — best price $2.492026-09-21 — best price $2.492026-09-24 — best price $2.492026-09-27 — best price $2.492026-09-30 — best price $2.492026-10-03 — best price $2.492026-10-06 — best price $2.492026-10-09 — best price $4.992026-10-12 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
90.6%
earned "Gizmo"
43.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

22 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Ukrainian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)32933%16

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

Player tags

2DIndiePuzzleMysterySurrealAdventureDetectiveHand-drawnStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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