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In His Time cover art

In His Time

TearyHand Studio · Kodansha · 2023-10-02

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 23, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 02, 2023 (Mac), Oct 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enter the hauntingly beautiful shadow world of In His Time, a 2D puzzle-solving adventure game. There you will meet Olly and join him to solve puzzles throughout each step of his emotional journey of growth and self-discovery.

87%
positive of 60 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$1.19
steam price (US)

The main character Olly, a young boy who lost his father early, lives with his mother Lyla. His mother has recently become ill, so he is left to attend school and take care of the housework. Even at school, Olly is bullied by Bobby the big kid, and his cronies Mila and Hugo. He is also scolded by his teachers every day....... It was as if the world was pushing Ollie into a corner. One day Olly is threatened by Bobby and his friends and together they sneak into a spooky mansion. They steal "parts" of a certain work and escape, only to be caught by the owner of the house - an old man named Jos(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 67% of 15,074 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.19-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2025-07-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220232026Week of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.192023-10-022026-09-102023-10-02 — best price $7.992023-10-09 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $6.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $6.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-03-28 — best price $9.992024-05-22 — best price $4.192024-06-01 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $4.192024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-09-18 — best price $4.192024-09-30 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $5.992024-12-20 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-04-13 — best price $2.992025-04-20 — best price $5.992025-07-09 — best price $1.192025-07-23 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $1.192025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $1.192026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-01-28 — best price $1.192026-02-11 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $1.192026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $1.192026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-09-10 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DDarkDramaIndieShortCasualAdventureControllerPlatformerStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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