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Ionia cover art

Ionia

ROTU Entertainment & Media, Ltd. · 2021-09-23

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Auditory, Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 23, 2021 (Oculus Quest), Sep 23, 2021 (Meta Quest 2), Sep 23, 2021 (Windows Mixed Reality), Sep 23, 2021 (Oculus Rift), Sep 23, 2021 (SteamVR), Nov 15, 2021 (PlayStation VR)

IONIA is an hour-long single-player interactive story for all ages. Get up close with music-inspired creatures in a lush forest teeming with life. Every purchase benefits real-world wildlife, with 5% of proceeds going directly to the Steve Irwin Foundation, Wildlife Warriors Worldwide.

69%
positive of 97 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

The Harpa is the heart and soul of the Ionian forest. With every tree felled and burned by the approaching Tritone army, her spirit weakens. You and your sister Allegra are Ionia’s brave new heroes, embarking on a quest to heal this mythical creature with the power of music before it’s too late. As you follow Allegra on her journey to save the Harpa, you’ll soon discover that your every action has an impact on the world around you.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (22 reviews).
  • · Top 51% of 19,229 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 97 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.24 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320212026Week of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing2 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-10-22 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DVRCasualPuzzleSurrealColorfulTutorialNarrationStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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