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LostWinds cover art

LostWinds

Frontier Developments · 2016-03-24

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 20, 2008 (Wii), Mar 24, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 21, 2011 (iOS)

Wield the awesome powers of Enril the wind spirit to guide and protect young Toku through this unique platform adventure.

LostWinds is a $9.99 Adventure game released in 2016, with a Very Positive sentiment based on 81% of 751 reviews and an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners.

1
playing now
81%
positive of 751 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

LostWinds is a 2008 platform video game developed by Frontier Developments and published for the Wii as a launch title for WiiWare. In LostWinds, the player controls a young boy named Toku and the elemental wind spirit Enril as they travel Mistralis in order to rescue it from the antagonist Balasar, a vengeful spirit.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 28,778 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 751 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.67 at GameBillet (2024-12-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 102 of 151 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420172026Week of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.00$0.702016-03-242026-08-242016-03-24 — best price $9.992018-01-25 — best price $1.992019-01-28 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-06-12 — best price $9.992020-08-26 — best price $8.192020-10-18 — best price $9.992020-12-09 — best price $9.992021-02-03 — best price $9.992021-04-01 — best price $1.992021-06-04 — best price $8.892021-10-02 — best price $9.992021-12-23 — best price $1.502022-05-06 — best price $0.992022-08-19 — best price $1.992022-12-17 — best price $8.122023-03-20 — best price $8.382023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-10-24 — best price $3.992024-01-25 — best price $3.192024-03-31 — best price $8.382024-06-13 — best price $9.992024-08-17 — best price $6.292024-11-02 — best price $8.382024-12-26 — best price $0.762025-02-05 — best price $8.892025-03-27 — best price $1.872025-05-29 — best price $2.002025-08-14 — best price $1.992025-10-29 — best price $1.672025-12-17 — best price $9.132026-02-23 — best price $8.992026-05-07 — best price $1.992026-07-12 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $1.41
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

43112026-05-31 — 24 pageviews2026-06-04 — 18 pageviews2026-06-08 — 22 pageviews2026-06-12 — 43 pageviews2026-06-16 — 27 pageviews2026-06-20 — 28 pageviews2026-06-24 — 29 pageviews2026-06-28 — 25 pageviews2026-07-02 — 20 pageviews2026-07-06 — 20 pageviews2026-07-10 — 17 pageviews2026-07-14 — 23 pageviews2026-07-18 — 30 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-26 — 25 pageviews2026-07-30 — 19 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 20 pageviews2026-08-11 — 20 pageviews2026-08-15 — 19 pageviews2026-08-19 — 20 pageviews2026-08-23 — 31 pageviews2026-08-27 — 22 pageviews2026-08-31 — 19 pageviews2026-09-04 — 21 pageviews2026-09-08 — 30 pageviews2026-09-12 — 20 pageviews2026-09-16 — 18 pageviews2026-09-20 — 29 pageviews2026-09-24 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 28 pageviews2026-10-02 — 21 pageviews2026-10-06 — 12 pageviews2026-10-09 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
56.1%
earned "Double Gust"
16.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,97035%11

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

Player tags

2.5DCuteIndieShortCasualPuzzleAdventurePlatformerAtmosphericMetroidvania

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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