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LOST EMBER

Mooneye Studios · 2019-11-22

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 22, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 23, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 22, 2019 (Xbox One), Nov 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.

LOST EMBER is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2019, priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 5185 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

2
playing now
88%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (244 downloads)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (992 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Lost Ember is an adventure game developed by German company Mooneye Studios and released in 2019. Players explore the ruins of a lost civilization by possessing various animals. A VR version of the game was released on July 12, 2022 only for the PC. A remaster for the game Lost Ember: Rekindled Edition was released in Nov 27, 2025. Mooneye studios promised Steam players a free upgrade, otherwise it was also available on Playstation 4/5 through the PlayStation Store, and on Xbox Series X|S with Xbox Play Anywhere support.

Trailer

LOST EMBER trailer thumbnail

Lost Ember - Official Game Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 62% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (554 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 130k–311k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,185 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2022-06-24) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 14 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
50750720192026Week of 2019-11-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 08:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3020Mar 2017Aug 2026Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2019 — avg 97 · peak 389Mar 2020 — avg 18 · peak 39Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 98Sep 2020 — avg 13 · peak 42Dec 2020 — avg 17 · peak 66Mar 2021 — avg 16 · peak 186Jun 2021 — avg 14 · peak 68Sep 2021 — avg 29 · peak 382Dec 2021 — avg 17 · peak 81Mar 2022 — avg 11 · peak 65Jun 2022 — avg 12 · peak 56Sep 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21Dec 2022 — avg 9 · peak 30Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Jun 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 12 · peak 45Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 29Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 28Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 11Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$8.992019-11-222026-10-092019-11-22 — best price $26.992019-12-16 — best price $29.992020-02-27 — best price $29.992020-05-21 — best price $29.992020-08-25 — best price $19.492020-11-27 — best price $19.492021-02-01 — best price $29.992021-03-27 — best price $14.992021-06-28 — best price $29.992021-09-06 — best price $29.992021-11-03 — best price $29.992021-12-22 — best price $8.992022-02-14 — best price $14.992022-04-29 — best price $29.992022-06-28 — best price $29.992022-09-12 — best price $14.992022-11-23 — best price $14.992023-03-20 — best price $14.992023-06-16 — best price $29.992023-09-19 — best price $29.992024-01-05 — best price $29.992024-04-18 — best price $29.992024-09-26 — best price $11.992024-11-05 — best price $29.992025-01-03 — best price $29.992025-03-06 — best price $11.992025-05-08 — best price $11.992025-07-16 — best price $8.992025-11-16 — best price $29.992026-03-05 — best price $23.992026-05-25 — best price $20.992026-08-14 — best price $11.992026-10-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

42112026-05-31 — 36 pageviews2026-06-04 — 18 pageviews2026-06-08 — 22 pageviews2026-06-12 — 18 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-20 — 19 pageviews2026-06-24 — 26 pageviews2026-06-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-02 — 37 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 19 pageviews2026-07-18 — 24 pageviews2026-07-22 — 42 pageviews2026-07-26 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 21 pageviews2026-08-03 — 31 pageviews2026-08-07 — 26 pageviews2026-08-11 — 24 pageviews2026-08-15 — 21 pageviews2026-08-19 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 19 pageviews2026-08-27 — 17 pageviews2026-08-31 — 26 pageviews2026-09-04 — 18 pageviews2026-09-08 — 19 pageviews2026-09-12 — 29 pageviews2026-09-16 — 23 pageviews2026-09-20 — 35 pageviews2026-09-24 — 18 pageviews2026-09-28 — 21 pageviews2026-10-02 — 24 pageviews2026-10-06 — 22 pageviews2026-10-09 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
59%
earned "What's this?"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-11-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,59610%33
PS4 (PlayStation)1,13245%33
Xbox One (Xbox)50416%33
Switch (Nintendo)40%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

CuteActionNatureRelaxingStylizedEmotionalWholesomeExperienceStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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