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Follow the meaning

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

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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…

4
playing now
94%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 30% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,035 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 21 of 36 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$2.492024-11-222026-08-302024-11-22 — best price $3.742024-12-24 — best price $3.742025-02-24 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $3.342025-04-30 — best price $2.792025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-07-23 — best price $2.792025-08-07 — best price $2.792025-08-26 — best price $3.742025-09-01 — best price $4.992025-09-25 — best price $2.792025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-10-08 — best price $4.992025-10-20 — best price $4.992025-11-23 — best price $2.492025-12-03 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.792026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-01-23 — best price $3.742026-02-12 — best price $2.492026-02-23 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-05-21 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $2.792026-07-17 — best price $4.992026-08-27 — best price $2.492026-08-29 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — 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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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