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Gray Skies, Dark Waters

Green Willow Games, LLC · 2017-06-09

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 09, 2017 (Linux), Jun 09, 2017 (Mac), Jun 09, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

What does it mean to truly disappear without a trace? This modern interpretation of centuries-old folktales drops you into a world of secrets, unanswered questions, and (just maybe) the supernatural. Search to reveal the truth—or, at least, your version of it.

Gray Skies, Dark Waters is a 2017 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Positive review sentiment (86% of 37 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 37 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2022-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172025Week of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$2.492017-06-102026-07-092017-06-10 — best price $5.942017-10-26 — best price $5.942017-12-21 — best price $4.682018-06-22 — best price $3.492018-07-06 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992018-11-28 — best price $4.992019-01-04 — best price $4.992019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
61%
earned "I Measure Every Grief I Meet"
21.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudCommentary availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-07-10 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2.5DCasualMythologyNarrationHand-drawnStory RichExplorationConversationThird PersonPoint & Click

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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