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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Lost in Play is a 2022 Adventure and Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 9,332 reviews).

116
playing now
98%
positive of 9.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
4.81★
PlayStation Store rating (188 ratings)
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

116 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 116 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 4% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 187k–420k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,332 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: $3.99 at Steam (2026-08-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 76 of 102 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

177122026-09-14 21:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 25 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 65 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 32 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 32 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 32 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 37 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 38 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 68 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 18 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 52 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 104 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 116 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 26 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 77 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 125 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 45 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 90 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 125 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 50 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 116 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9221Aug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 61 · peak 151Oct 2022 — avg 58 · peak 185Dec 2022 — avg 67 · peak 296Feb 2023 — avg 41 · peak 158Apr 2023 — avg 28 · peak 130Jun 2023 — avg 34 · peak 160Aug 2023 — avg 61 · peak 220Oct 2023 — avg 33 · peak 165Dec 2023 — avg 47 · peak 136Feb 2024 — avg 29 · peak 111Apr 2024 — avg 33 · peak 129Jun 2024 — avg 80 · peak 292Aug 2024 — avg 29 · peak 81Oct 2024 — avg 32 · peak 158Dec 2024 — avg 34 · peak 90Feb 2025 — avg 40 · peak 128Apr 2025 — avg 33 · peak 128Jun 2025 — avg 21 · peak 97Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 51Oct 2025 — avg 43 · peak 125Dec 2025 — avg 28 · peak 100Feb 2026 — avg 34 · peak 122Apr 2026 — avg 37 · peak 122Jun 2026 — avg 34 · peak 111Aug 2026 — avg 69 · peak 460
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.592022-08-102026-10-122022-08-10 — 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 $3.992026-09-01 — best price $3.992026-10-01 — best price $4.992026-10-12 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

84182026-05-28 — 25 pageviews2026-06-01 — 25 pageviews2026-06-05 — 21 pageviews2026-06-09 — 42 pageviews2026-06-13 — 29 pageviews2026-06-17 — 30 pageviews2026-06-21 — 24 pageviews2026-06-25 — 25 pageviews2026-06-29 — 24 pageviews2026-07-03 — 51 pageviews2026-07-07 — 36 pageviews2026-07-11 — 34 pageviews2026-07-15 — 29 pageviews2026-07-19 — 26 pageviews2026-07-23 — 42 pageviews2026-07-27 — 33 pageviews2026-07-31 — 27 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-08 — 37 pageviews2026-08-12 — 26 pageviews2026-08-16 — 35 pageviews2026-08-20 — 25 pageviews2026-08-24 — 84 pageviews2026-08-28 — 50 pageviews2026-09-01 — 25 pageviews2026-09-05 — 40 pageviews2026-09-09 — 30 pageviews2026-09-13 — 42 pageviews2026-09-17 — 22 pageviews2026-09-21 — 26 pageviews2026-09-25 — 34 pageviews2026-09-29 — 25 pageviews2026-10-03 — 50 pageviews2026-10-06 — 41 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-10-24 (Steam store data)

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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