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How to Say Goodbye cover art

How to Say Goodbye

Florian Veltman · ARTE France · 2022-11-03

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 03, 2022 (iOS), Nov 03, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 03, 2022 (Mac), Nov 03, 2022 (Android), Nov 03, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

How to Say Goodbye is a beautiful narrative puzzle game inspired by picture books. Reorganize the environment and solve puzzles to help a group of ghosts on their quest to finally move on.

90%
positive of 183 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$12.99
steam price (US)

Follow the story of a group of ghosts looking to discover who they were and why they are still here, through a family friendly tale of loss, how to deal with it, and acceptance. Navigate an intricate world filled with mind-bending yet fun puzzles, find clues about the identities of our spirit friends, and help them reach the other side.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 27,262 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 183 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.25-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.24 at GOG (2026-02-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 61 of 82 observed days · $0.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620222026Week of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$3.242022-11-032026-10-112022-11-03 — best price $11.692023-01-20 — best price $10.392023-04-04 — best price $12.992023-06-30 — best price $9.092023-09-12 — best price $12.992023-12-13 — best price $7.792024-01-25 — best price $7.142024-03-08 — best price $7.142024-04-04 — best price $12.992024-05-08 — best price $5.842024-06-27 — best price $5.842024-09-03 — best price $12.992024-10-09 — best price $5.192024-11-05 — best price $12.992024-12-19 — best price $5.192025-02-01 — best price $5.192025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-05-01 — best price $12.992025-05-28 — best price $12.992025-07-24 — best price $3.892025-09-11 — best price $12.992025-10-16 — best price $12.992025-11-25 — best price $3.892026-01-14 — best price $12.992026-02-28 — best price $3.242026-03-27 — best price $3.292026-05-13 — best price $3.252026-06-12 — best price $12.992026-07-24 — best price $3.252026-08-12 — best price $3.252026-09-10 — best price $12.992026-09-21 — best price $3.252026-09-27 — best price $3.252026-10-03 — best price $3.252026-10-09 — best price $3.252026-10-11 — best price $3.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
81.4%
earned "Introspection"
31%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2DCuteLogicCasualPuzzleMysteryColorfulRelaxingAdventureEmotional

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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