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Lost in Play cover art

Lost in Play

Happy Juice Games · Joystick Ventures · 2022-08-10

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 10, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2023 (iOS), Jul 12, 2023 (Android), Aug 10, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Aug 10, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Solve puzzles, riddles, and embark on an exciting journey of discovery! Join Toto and Gal as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, the brother and sister must stick together and solve puzzles to find their way home.

109
playing now
98%
positive of 8.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

109 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Lost in Play is a 2022 point-and-click adventure game developed by Happy Juice Games and published by Joystick Ventures. The game, which conveys its story through cartoon-style visuals and gameplay rather than comprehensible dialogue or narration, follows two children, Gal and Toto, as they engage in a session of imaginative make-believe around their house and a fantastical representation of their neighborhood. The player moves the siblings through a series of loosely connected scenes, solving puzzles and minigames using clues and collected items.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 109 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,032 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~129/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 178k–401k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,901 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at IndieGala Store (2025-10-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 83 of 114 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
45545520222026Week of 2022-08-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

30152026-08-07 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 47 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 41 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 45 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 15 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 19:00 — 24 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 124 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 274 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 187 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 91 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 218 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 109 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.592022-08-102026-08-302022-08-10 — best price $19.992022-11-14 — best price $10.392023-01-11 — best price $11.992023-04-04 — best price $11.992023-07-21 — best price $11.992023-10-23 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $8.992024-02-22 — best price $19.992024-04-08 — best price $8.992024-05-29 — best price $7.992024-07-22 — best price $19.992024-09-17 — best price $7.992024-11-05 — best price $19.992024-12-02 — best price $10.792025-01-16 — best price $7.992025-02-22 — best price $19.992025-03-21 — best price $17.792025-04-23 — best price $7.992025-06-18 — best price $7.992025-07-12 — best price $19.992025-07-25 — best price $4.192025-08-20 — best price $5.492025-09-05 — best price $5.492025-09-16 — best price $3.592025-09-24 — best price $16.572025-10-09 — best price $16.572025-10-21 — best price $7.002025-11-04 — best price $10.792025-11-12 — best price $7.002025-12-07 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-27 — best price $19.992026-03-30 — best price $5.992026-05-25 — best price $4.992026-07-24 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

84172026-05-28 — 25 pageviews2026-05-31 — 30 pageviews2026-06-03 — 37 pageviews2026-06-06 — 43 pageviews2026-06-09 — 42 pageviews2026-06-12 — 27 pageviews2026-06-15 — 24 pageviews2026-06-18 — 30 pageviews2026-06-21 — 24 pageviews2026-06-24 — 33 pageviews2026-06-27 — 42 pageviews2026-06-30 — 30 pageviews2026-07-03 — 51 pageviews2026-07-06 — 30 pageviews2026-07-09 — 33 pageviews2026-07-12 — 38 pageviews2026-07-15 — 29 pageviews2026-07-18 — 40 pageviews2026-07-21 — 19 pageviews2026-07-24 — 31 pageviews2026-07-27 — 33 pageviews2026-07-30 — 17 pageviews2026-08-02 — 25 pageviews2026-08-05 — 25 pageviews2026-08-08 — 37 pageviews2026-08-11 — 21 pageviews2026-08-14 — 31 pageviews2026-08-17 — 24 pageviews2026-08-20 — 25 pageviews2026-08-23 — 50 pageviews2026-08-25 — 50 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4302026-08-26 20:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 10 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
94.2%
earned "Dreamer"
60.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

30 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,66341%19
PS5 (PlayStation)11468%20
Switch (Nintendo)1100%0
PS4 (PlayStation)1443%20
Switch (Nintendo)10%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

IndieCasualComedyPuzzleCartoonFantasyMysteryColorfulAdventureWholesome

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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