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Little Orpheus cover art

Little Orpheus

The Chinese Room · Secret Mode · 2022-09-13

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 12, 2020 (iOS), Jun 12, 2020 (Mac), Sep 13, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 13, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Sep 13, 2022 (Xbox One)

A technicolor side-scrolling narrative adventure game inspired by classic movies including Flash Gordon, Sinbad, and The Land that Time Forgot. Join our bold yet hapless hero as he explores lost civilizations, undersea kingdoms, prehistoric jungles, and lands beyond imagination.

4
playing now
68%
positive of 669 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Little Orpheus is a 2020 adventure-platform game developed by The Chinese Room and published by Sumo Digital. The game was released on Apple Arcade on 12 June 2020 for iOS, macOS, and tvOS. Ports for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S were released by subsidiary label Secret Mode on 13 September 2022.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 669 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$0.89-82%
Gamesplanet$1.04-79%
Humble Store$2.59-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.49-10%
Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.90 at Newegg (2026-07-31) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 118 of 157 observed days · $12.09 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
676720222026Week of 2022-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.892022-09-132026-08-272022-09-13 — best price $11.692023-01-05 — best price $12.992023-03-16 — best price $7.792023-05-05 — best price $7.792023-08-14 — best price $12.992023-09-21 — best price $12.342023-12-04 — best price $11.022024-01-30 — best price $5.722024-03-07 — best price $3.242024-04-19 — best price $2.532024-06-02 — best price $8.992024-08-05 — best price $12.992024-09-10 — best price $11.582024-10-19 — best price $3.512024-11-04 — best price $12.992024-12-03 — best price $3.102024-12-29 — best price $2.912025-01-25 — best price $2.532025-02-21 — best price $2.502025-03-24 — best price $2.552025-04-25 — best price $8.992025-05-22 — best price $2.502025-06-21 — best price $11.582025-07-18 — best price $10.762025-08-20 — best price $2.392025-09-25 — best price $2.592025-10-28 — best price $2.082025-11-18 — best price $2.592025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-01-31 — best price $11.172026-03-19 — best price $2.202026-04-23 — best price $2.422026-06-07 — best price $10.762026-07-22 — best price $1.992026-08-10 — best price $2.412026-08-27 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
67.2%
earned "A Hundred Men with Eggs to Hide In"
11.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)65623%26
PS4 (PlayStation)46962%27
Xbox One (Xbox)29635%26
PS4 (PlayStation)18351%27
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

Player tags

FunnyIndieRetroActionCasualPuzzleSci-fiAdventureDinosaursPlatformer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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