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Grief like a stray dog

Rayonist · 2025-01-29

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 29, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Sep 26, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Sep 26, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

An isolated village during the war. Men leave one by one, along the winding forest path painted crimson by distant fires, and do not return. Young Nadia becomes a part-time postwoman filling in for her sick mother. She is now a messenger of hope and of trouble.

98%
positive of 107 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (27 reviews).
  • · Top 65% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 107 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720252026Week of 2025-01-29: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$3.742025-01-292026-08-112025-01-29 — best price $4.242025-02-09 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-03-21 — best price $3.992025-03-31 — best price $4.992025-04-30 — best price $3.992025-05-14 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-26 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-05-02 — best price $3.742026-05-16 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.742026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-28 — best price $3.742026-08-11 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
45.7%
earned "A Heart in an Envelope"
29.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Japanese

Player tags

DramaStylizedAdventureEmotionalNarrationHand-drawnHistoricalStory RichAtmosphericConversation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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