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Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Sketchbook Developments · Sketchbook Games · 2021-04-06

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
95%
positive of 835 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 835 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.29-58%
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 37 of 65 observed days · $14.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.14$0.742021-04-062026-08-272021-04-06 — 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 $7.492026-08-27 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2312026-05-31 — 2 pageviews2026-06-03 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 22 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 23 pageviews2026-06-30 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1 pageviews2026-07-18 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 10 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 13 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 6 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

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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