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Happy Game

Amanita Design · 2021-10-28

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 28, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 02, 2023 (Android), Feb 02, 2023 (iOS), Oct 28, 2021 (Mac)

A little boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. Can you make him happy again?

7
playing now
90%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Happy Game is a horror point-and-click adventure video game developed and published by Amanita Design. The game was first released on October 28, 2021 for Microsoft Windows and macOS via Steam and Nintendo Switch. It was then later released for iOS and Android on February 2, 2023.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 349 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 72k–162k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,592 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.62 at Steam (2025-10-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 46 of 87 observed days · $0.37 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
48148120212026Week of 2021-10-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1012026-08-07 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.622021-10-282026-08-302021-10-28 — best price $11.422022-01-17 — best price $10.502022-03-12 — best price $13.132022-05-24 — best price $13.132022-07-12 — best price $13.132022-08-27 — best price $13.132022-10-24 — best price $8.792022-12-01 — best price $13.132023-01-20 — best price $7.222023-03-16 — best price $6.562023-04-28 — best price $6.562023-06-02 — best price $7.222023-07-07 — best price $13.132023-08-28 — best price $5.902023-09-25 — best price $4.592023-11-13 — best price $5.252023-12-06 — best price $13.132024-01-26 — best price $5.252024-02-26 — best price $4.462024-04-12 — best price $13.132024-05-27 — best price $13.132024-07-11 — best price $13.132024-08-17 — best price $13.132024-10-08 — best price $13.132024-11-07 — best price $3.932025-01-02 — best price $13.132025-02-22 — best price $13.132025-04-02 — best price $13.132025-05-28 — best price $13.132025-07-23 — best price $3.282025-09-07 — best price $13.132025-10-22 — best price $13.132025-11-27 — best price $13.132026-01-13 — best price $14.992026-02-20 — best price $14.992026-03-27 — best price $4.492026-04-30 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $4.492026-08-26 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

379242026-05-29 — 76 pageviews2026-06-01 — 49 pageviews2026-06-04 — 45 pageviews2026-06-07 — 45 pageviews2026-06-10 — 41 pageviews2026-06-13 — 78 pageviews2026-06-16 — 47 pageviews2026-06-19 — 52 pageviews2026-06-22 — 47 pageviews2026-06-25 — 34 pageviews2026-06-28 — 58 pageviews2026-07-01 — 27 pageviews2026-07-04 — 61 pageviews2026-07-07 — 47 pageviews2026-07-10 — 52 pageviews2026-07-13 — 48 pageviews2026-07-16 — 27 pageviews2026-07-19 — 43 pageviews2026-07-22 — 37 pageviews2026-07-25 — 52 pageviews2026-07-28 — 38 pageviews2026-07-31 — 38 pageviews2026-08-03 — 38 pageviews2026-08-06 — 38 pageviews2026-08-09 — 37 pageviews2026-08-12 — 34 pageviews2026-08-15 — 30 pageviews2026-08-18 — 36 pageviews2026-08-21 — 35 pageviews2026-08-24 — 24 pageviews2026-08-25 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
80.8%
earned "Bedtime Stories"
39.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,07441%11
Switch (Nintendo)230%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteDarkFunnyIndieCasualHorrorSurrealColorfulStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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