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Forgotten Hill First Steps

FM Studio · 2021-06-10

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 10, 2021 (Mac)

The first three games of the Forgotten Hill series joined together with new contents, new locations, new puzzles and secrets revealed: let's follow Larson's First Steps in Forgotten Hill!

Forgotten Hill First Steps is an Adventure and Indie game priced at $2.99, released in 2021 with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000, holding a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 175 reviews).

2
playing now
94%
positive of 175 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 29,218 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.5k–7.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 175 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2021-12-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320212026Week of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-16 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
81Jun 2021Dec 2025Jun 2021 — avg 8 · peak 32Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 20Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$1.492021-06-102026-07-092021-06-10 — best price $2.992021-11-01 — best price $2.992021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-02-03 — best price $2.992022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-11-01 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-04-13 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-11-02 — best price $2.992023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-04-11 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-11-04 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
96.9%
earned "First Step"
68.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DGoreIndieLogicHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureFirst-PersonLovecraftian

Census log

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

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