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Gerda: A Flame in Winter

BirdIsland/PortaPlay · DON'T NOD · 2022-09-01

SteamGOGAmazon

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 01, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 01, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?

Gerda: A Flame in Winter is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (95% of 556 reviews).

2
playing now
95%
positive of 556 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Gerda: A Flame in Winter is an adventure role-playing video game developed by PortaPlay and published by Don't Nod. It was released on 1 September 2022 for Nintendo Switch and Windows.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 95 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 556 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at GOG (2025-06-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 77 of 100 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820222026Week of 2022-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
122Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 10 · peak 40Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 26Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 19Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 39Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 15Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 16Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2025 — avg 12 · peak 56Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 21Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 34Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.992022-09-012026-10-142022-09-01 — best price $17.992023-03-01 — best price $17.972023-05-04 — best price $16.492023-07-26 — best price $18.512023-10-19 — best price $7.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992023-12-18 — best price $17.402024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-07 — best price $17.402024-07-29 — best price $17.402024-09-02 — best price $19.992024-11-02 — best price $18.992025-01-17 — best price $19.992025-04-10 — best price $5.992025-06-05 — best price $19.992025-07-24 — best price $3.992025-09-12 — best price $19.992025-10-22 — best price $19.992025-12-03 — best price $19.992026-01-23 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-12 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-17 — best price $3.992026-09-01 — best price $3.992026-09-09 — best price $3.992026-09-17 — best price $3.992026-09-25 — best price $3.992026-10-03 — best price $3.992026-10-11 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

200152026-05-30 — 24 pageviews2026-06-03 — 30 pageviews2026-06-07 — 31 pageviews2026-06-11 — 28 pageviews2026-06-15 — 200 pageviews2026-06-19 — 42 pageviews2026-06-23 — 36 pageviews2026-06-27 — 26 pageviews2026-07-01 — 21 pageviews2026-07-05 — 34 pageviews2026-07-09 — 47 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 19 pageviews2026-07-21 — 26 pageviews2026-07-25 — 26 pageviews2026-07-29 — 28 pageviews2026-08-02 — 31 pageviews2026-08-06 — 27 pageviews2026-08-10 — 30 pageviews2026-08-14 — 23 pageviews2026-08-18 — 36 pageviews2026-08-22 — 35 pageviews2026-08-26 — 29 pageviews2026-08-30 — 35 pageviews2026-09-03 — 36 pageviews2026-09-07 — 69 pageviews2026-09-11 — 38 pageviews2026-09-15 — 29 pageviews2026-09-19 — 37 pageviews2026-09-23 — 22 pageviews2026-09-27 — 29 pageviews2026-10-01 — 22 pageviews2026-10-05 — 19 pageviews2026-10-08 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
75.2%
earned "Certified"
9.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2022-10-11, latest 2023-05-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2691%59
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGStylizedTop-DownAdventureEmotionalNarrationHand-drawnHistoricalStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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