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Grotto cover art

Grotto

Brainwash Gang · Digerati · 2021-10-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: 2021 (iOS), Oct 27, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jan 26, 2024 (PlayStation 5), 2021 (Xbox One)

Grotto is a mystical, narrative-focused experience. You are the Soothsayer. The one capable of talking with the stars and unveiling their messages. In a time of turmoil, the tribe of the valley turn to your powers of divination and come to you for guidance.

90%
positive of 353 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (38 ratings)
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)
Grotto is a walking simulator video game developed by Brainwash Gang and published by Digerati. It was released on October 26, 2021 for Windows. The game takes place in a mysterious unnamed fantasy world in which the player is an anonymous astrologer, or "Startamer", who moves into a mountain cave. The player is then pulled into the internal affairs of the Brute tribe as its members come to them for guidance, eventually becoming a trusted figure who is able to influence certain events through their prophecies. The game was praised by reviewers for its story and artwork, but the repetitiveness and simplicity of its gameplay, as well as its linearity, was criticized.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 22,452 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.1k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 353 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$1.03-92%
GOG$2.75-79%
GOG$2.75-79%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.75-79%
Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.03 at Fanatical (2026-03-09) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 62 of 78 observed days · $1.72 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520212026Week of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$1.032021-10-262026-09-282021-10-26 — best price $9.942021-12-01 — best price $11.692022-01-11 — best price $11.042022-02-16 — best price $11.042022-03-24 — best price $10.392022-05-07 — best price $12.992022-06-13 — best price $5.192022-07-26 — best price $12.992022-09-08 — best price $10.282022-10-25 — best price $12.992022-11-28 — best price $6.332022-12-23 — best price $3.242023-02-13 — best price $3.242023-04-04 — best price $12.992023-05-25 — best price $11.582023-07-05 — best price $10.282023-10-11 — best price $9.542024-01-05 — best price $12.992024-04-03 — best price $3.242024-05-01 — best price $2.592024-07-02 — best price $1.942024-08-06 — best price $12.992024-10-22 — best price $1.292024-12-04 — best price $12.992025-01-20 — best price $1.622025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-06-16 — best price $12.992025-07-31 — best price $2.592025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-11-17 — best price $5.192026-01-26 — best price $2.592026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-05-13 — best price $12.992026-07-17 — best price $2.752026-08-26 — best price $2.752026-09-18 — best price $1.032026-09-28 — best price $2.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-06-30 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 1 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-02 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-14 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-01 — 9 pageviews2026-09-04 — 7 pageviews2026-09-07 — 7 pageviews2026-09-10 — 4 pageviews2026-09-13 — 9 pageviews2026-09-16 — 4 pageviews2026-09-20 — 12 pageviews2026-09-23 — 3 pageviews2026-09-26 — 4 pageviews2026-09-27 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
83.9%
earned "Ey-Who-Knows-One-Star"
26.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4008%21
PS5 (PlayStation)4734%21
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)176%20
PS4 (PlayStation)580%21

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

Player tags

2DIndieColorfulAtmosphericExplorationFirst-PersonReplay ValueSingleplayerImmersive SimPsychological

Census log

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

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