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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams cover art

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Black Forest Games · HandyGames · 2012-10-22

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreXboxAmazon

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 21, 2013 (Xbox 360), Sep 05, 2013 (Wii U), Oct 23, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 18, 2013 (PlayStation 3)

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is an Action and Indie game released in 2012, priced at $14.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 1920 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

1
playing now
78%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a 2012 platform game developed and published by Black Forest Games for Windows. It is the sequel to the 2009 Nintendo DS game Giana Sisters DS, itself a remake of the 1987 Commodore 64 game The Great Giana Sisters. The game was funded through crowdfunding website Kickstarter, reaching its goal of $150,000.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 77k–154k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,920 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.61-83%
Gamesplanet$2.63-82%
GOG$2.99-80%
IndieGala$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GamersGate$3.00-80%
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2024-11-25) · bundled 18×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 79 of 123 observed days · $1.72 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-06 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.98$1.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-04-29 — best price $11.492015-07-09 — best price $19.982016-01-15 — best price $14.242016-03-21 — best price $14.992016-11-30 — best price $14.992017-10-02 — best price $3.742018-05-09 — best price $3.742018-11-01 — best price $3.752019-02-11 — best price $2.842019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-15 — best price $14.992020-04-07 — best price $12.482020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-08-28 — best price $2.992020-10-27 — best price $13.392021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-03-13 — best price $2.992021-05-17 — best price $3.822021-07-16 — best price $4.492021-10-03 — best price $14.992021-12-06 — best price $2.402022-02-14 — best price $1.002022-05-28 — best price $14.992022-08-27 — best price $14.992022-11-28 — best price $11.942023-02-07 — best price $14.992023-05-23 — best price $11.012023-08-11 — best price $2.892023-12-21 — best price $1.492024-05-20 — best price $2.992024-09-26 — best price $2.802024-12-23 — best price $3.002025-03-10 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $2.992026-02-05 — best price $14.992026-06-19 — best price $1.492026-08-30 — best price $2.61
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
74.9%
earned "Dream Twist"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)21,0510%25
PS3 (PlayStation)15,2611%12
Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox 360 (Xbox)1,3114%12

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

Player tags

2D2.5DAnimeRetroActionArcadeFantasyAdventureDifficultController

Census log

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

Recent updates

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