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Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Sketchbook Developments · Sketchbook Games · 2021-04-06

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 05, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 06, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 06, 2021 (Xbox One), Apr 06, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Apr 06, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 27, 2020 (Google Stadia)

A short, fully voiced, story-first adventure across two worlds. Rearrange words into platforms in Izzy’s diary, then wield word magic to shape your path in the fantasy she writes. Gentle puzzles, watercolour wonder, and a bittersweet story of family, loss, and healing.

Lost Words: Beyond the Page is a $7.49 Adventure and Indie game released in 2021, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (95% of 838 reviews).

0
playing now
95%
positive of 838 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
4.47★
PlayStation Store rating (899 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Lost Words: Beyond the Page is a puzzle-platform game developed by Sketchbook Games and published by Modus Games. The game was released for Stadia on March 27 2020, then for Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on April 6, 2021.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 62% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (64 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 838 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.24-85%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GOG (2024-06-05) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 39 of 67 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020212026Week of 2021-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.14$0.742021-04-062026-10-082021-04-06 — best price $14.992021-09-02 — best price $14.992021-12-05 — best price $14.992022-02-18 — best price $14.992022-04-13 — best price $7.492022-06-23 — best price $2.992022-09-13 — best price $13.392022-12-12 — best price $2.392023-01-29 — best price $13.362023-03-07 — best price $11.012023-04-09 — best price $13.392023-05-19 — best price $13.392023-07-08 — best price $11.892023-08-14 — best price $1.492023-09-29 — best price $1.202023-11-22 — best price $2.242024-01-02 — best price $14.992024-02-17 — best price $13.392024-03-25 — best price $10.792024-05-09 — best price $3.742024-06-11 — best price $14.992024-07-22 — best price $10.792024-09-09 — best price $2.032024-10-25 — best price $1.352024-12-19 — best price $2.242025-02-03 — best price $11.012025-03-28 — best price $14.992025-05-14 — best price $14.992025-07-26 — best price $14.992025-11-16 — best price $14.992026-03-16 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-10-06 — best price $2.242026-10-08 — best price $2.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1612026-05-31 — 2 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-08 — 10 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 2 pageviews2026-06-24 — 3 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 7 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 6 pageviews2026-08-31 — 11 pageviews2026-09-04 — 9 pageviews2026-09-08 — 2 pageviews2026-09-12 — 7 pageviews2026-09-16 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 8 pageviews2026-09-24 — 7 pageviews2026-09-28 — 8 pageviews2026-10-02 — 6 pageviews2026-10-06 — 6 pageviews2026-10-09 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
60.1%
earned "The Stage is Set"
34.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-04-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)5,43437%21
PS4 (PlayStation)4,74675%22
Windows (Xbox)98558%21
Steam (Steam)75230%21
Switch (Nintendo)350%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteActionPuzzleRelaxingNarrationWord GamePlatformerStory Rich2D Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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