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Little Inferno

Tomorrow Corporation · 2012-11-19

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 23, 2013 (Linux), Apr 15, 2013 (Mac), Mar 23, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 25, 2013 (Android), Apr 02, 2015 (Wii U), Nov 19, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Throw your toys into your fire, and play with them as they burn. An adventure that takes place almost entirely in front of a fireplace - about looking up up up out of the chimney, and the cold world just on the other side of the wall. From the creators of World of Goo and Human Resource Machine.

Little Inferno is a 2012 Adventure, Casual, and Indie title priced at $14.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (95% of 13,750 reviews) sentiment.

15
playing now
95%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (153 ratings)
4.1h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Little Inferno is a puzzle video game developed and published by American independent game developer Tomorrow Corporation. The game was released for the Wii U in November 2012 in North America, Europe and Australasia. Microsoft Windows, iOS, OS X, Linux and Android versions followed throughout 2013. A Nintendo Switch version was released in March 2017 in North America, Europe and Australia.

Trailer

Little Inferno trailer thumbnail

Little Inferno - Official Trailer #1

≈763,331 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 504 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~63/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 552k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,810 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2021-12-03) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 83 of 113 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42142120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5592026-09-15 12:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 20 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 34 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 22 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 55 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 28 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 41 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 42 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 41 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
33414Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 76 · peak 319Apr 2013 — avg 44 · peak 106Sep 2013 — avg 44 · peak 99Feb 2014 — avg 44 · peak 103Jul 2014 — avg 55 · peak 139Dec 2014 — avg 63 · peak 166May 2015 — avg 36 · peak 211Oct 2015 — avg 46 · peak 113Mar 2016 — avg 34 · peak 79Aug 2016 — avg 31 · peak 77Jan 2017 — avg 38 · peak 110Jun 2017 — avg 30 · peak 89Nov 2017 — avg 27 · peak 78Apr 2018 — avg 21 · peak 54Sep 2018 — avg 19 · peak 43Feb 2019 — avg 21 · peak 51Jul 2019 — avg 18 · peak 40Dec 2019 — avg 51 · peak 202May 2020 — avg 26 · peak 56Oct 2020 — avg 17 · peak 62Mar 2021 — avg 18 · peak 42Aug 2021 — avg 16 · peak 34Jan 2022 — avg 34 · peak 99Jun 2022 — avg 21 · peak 68Nov 2022 — avg 120 · peak 650Apr 2023 — avg 25 · peak 54Sep 2023 — avg 24 · peak 47Feb 2024 — avg 23 · peak 49Jul 2024 — avg 38 · peak 90Dec 2024 — avg 51 · peak 142May 2025 — avg 27 · peak 59Oct 2025 — avg 23 · peak 60Mar 2026 — avg 24 · peak 67Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 50
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-12-08 — best price $4.992016-05-03 — best price $9.992016-11-14 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $9.992018-04-19 — best price $6.992019-01-01 — best price $9.992019-07-01 — best price $7.492019-11-25 — best price $5.992020-01-24 — best price $7.492020-06-22 — best price $4.492020-11-28 — best price $4.492021-04-05 — best price $14.992021-10-18 — best price $4.492022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-05-09 — best price $14.992022-10-27 — best price $5.092023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-06-09 — best price $14.992023-10-25 — best price $5.092024-02-06 — best price $7.492024-05-29 — best price $14.992024-09-16 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-07-22 — best price $4.942025-10-09 — best price $4.942026-01-18 — best price $14.992026-04-16 — best price $7.492026-08-06 — best price $7.492026-09-11 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

71202026-06-02 — 39 pageviews2026-06-06 — 50 pageviews2026-06-10 — 47 pageviews2026-06-14 — 54 pageviews2026-06-18 — 36 pageviews2026-06-22 — 41 pageviews2026-06-26 — 49 pageviews2026-06-30 — 63 pageviews2026-07-04 — 36 pageviews2026-07-08 — 64 pageviews2026-07-12 — 48 pageviews2026-07-16 — 34 pageviews2026-07-20 — 32 pageviews2026-07-24 — 46 pageviews2026-07-28 — 41 pageviews2026-08-01 — 52 pageviews2026-08-05 — 56 pageviews2026-08-09 — 34 pageviews2026-08-13 — 43 pageviews2026-08-17 — 31 pageviews2026-08-21 — 39 pageviews2026-08-25 — 57 pageviews2026-08-29 — 52 pageviews2026-09-02 — 45 pageviews2026-09-06 — 56 pageviews2026-09-10 — 33 pageviews2026-09-14 — 28 pageviews2026-09-18 — 30 pageviews2026-09-22 — 44 pageviews2026-09-26 — 44 pageviews2026-09-30 — 32 pageviews2026-10-04 — 36 pageviews2026-10-08 — 43 pageviews2026-10-11 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
28.8%
earned "Chimney Stuffer"
14.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-04-06, latest 2022-11-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,85628%22
Switch (Nintendo)760%0

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

DarkFunnyIndieShortCasualComedyPuzzleSatireSandboxAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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