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Left on Read cover art

Left on Read

Weston Bell-Geddes · Spookulele Games · 2020-05-19

Steam

AdventureCasualFree To PlayIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 19, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It’s March of 2020; you were just sent home from college because of the coronavirus, you have a few small regrets, mainly not telling someone how you really feel.

Left on Read is a free-to-play Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, and Indie game released in 2020, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 5,241 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
79%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1.1h
to beat · rushed 1h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Left on Read trailer thumbnail

[TRAILER] Left on Read dubbed in Tagalog! | Viu Philippines

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 67 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (889 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

All-time low: $29.99 at Steam (2025-05-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
74474420202026Week of 2020-05-01: 744 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
90.1%
earned "Can't Blame Gravity for Falling in Love"
46.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-11-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,3470%13

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualRomanceAdventureEmotionalPlatformerSimulationStory RichFree to Play

Census log

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

Recent updates

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