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LOST EMBER

Mooneye Studios · 2019-11-22

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

2
playing now
88%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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.

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 16% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 130k–311k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,181 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99-50%
Microsoft Store$29.99

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 15 of 31 observed days · $22.50 above the all-time low (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

402026-08-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$8.992019-11-222026-08-282019-11-22 — 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 $11.992026-08-28 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

42112026-05-31 — 36 pageviews2026-06-03 — 21 pageviews2026-06-06 — 35 pageviews2026-06-09 — 26 pageviews2026-06-12 — 18 pageviews2026-06-15 — 20 pageviews2026-06-18 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 26 pageviews2026-06-24 — 26 pageviews2026-06-27 — 15 pageviews2026-06-30 — 22 pageviews2026-07-03 — 32 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-09 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 24 pageviews2026-07-15 — 18 pageviews2026-07-18 — 24 pageviews2026-07-21 — 34 pageviews2026-07-24 — 20 pageviews2026-07-27 — 23 pageviews2026-07-30 — 21 pageviews2026-08-02 — 27 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 25 pageviews2026-08-11 — 24 pageviews2026-08-14 — 18 pageviews2026-08-17 — 15 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 19 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 17 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

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.

Player tags

CuteActionNatureRelaxingStylizedEmotionalWholesomeExperienceStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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