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Monument Valley

ustwo games · 2022-07-12

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 15, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 15, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Apr 15, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Apr 15, 2025 (Xbox One), Apr 15, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.

Monument Valley is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $7.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 8855 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

27
playing now
98%
positive of 8.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (11 downloads)
2.5h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

27 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Monument Valley is a 2014 puzzle and indie game by Ustwo Games. The player leads the princess Ida through mazes of optical illusions and impossible objects while manipulating the world around her to reach various platforms. Monument Valley was developed over ten months beginning in early 2013 based on concept drawings by company artist Ken Wong. Its visual style was inspired by Japanese prints, minimalist sculpture, and indie games Windosill, Fez, and Sword & Sworcery, and was compared by critics to M. C. Escher drawings and Echochrome. The art was designed such that each frame would be worthy of public display.

Trailer

Monument Valley trailer thumbnail

Monument Valley - Launch trailer

≈509,893 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 27 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,124 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~141/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 177k–398k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,855 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Epic Game Store (2026-07-20) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 18 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42342320222026Week of 2022-07-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7042026-09-14 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 19 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 21 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 29 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 66 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 35 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 17 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 42 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 36 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 24 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 58 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 53 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 45 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 61 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 37 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 36 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 27 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8713Jul 2022Aug 2026Jul 2022 — avg 87 · peak 311Sep 2022 — avg 13 · peak 35Nov 2022 — avg 17 · peak 69Jan 2023 — avg 24 · peak 61Mar 2023 — avg 33 · peak 81May 2023 — avg 17 · peak 60Jul 2023 — avg 29 · peak 76Sep 2023 — avg 17 · peak 68Nov 2023 — avg 17 · peak 52Jan 2024 — avg 19 · peak 50Mar 2024 — avg 18 · peak 59May 2024 — avg 28 · peak 104Jul 2024 — avg 30 · peak 125Sep 2024 — avg 33 · peak 170Nov 2024 — avg 19 · peak 97Jan 2025 — avg 48 · peak 138Mar 2025 — avg 62 · peak 337May 2025 — avg 46 · peak 190Jul 2025 — avg 62 · peak 145Sep 2025 — avg 45 · peak 184Nov 2025 — avg 23 · peak 52Jan 2026 — avg 44 · peak 112Mar 2026 — avg 39 · peak 117May 2026 — avg 23 · peak 67Jul 2026 — avg 29 · peak 76Aug 2026 — avg 41 · peak 199
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$0.002022-07-122026-08-232022-07-12 — best price $6.792022-10-11 — best price $6.392022-11-29 — best price $7.992022-12-23 — best price $5.992023-01-16 — best price $7.992023-03-16 — best price $5.992023-05-01 — best price $7.992023-06-29 — best price $5.592023-07-24 — best price $7.992023-10-09 — best price $5.592023-11-28 — best price $7.992023-12-21 — best price $5.192024-02-12 — best price $7.992024-04-03 — best price $3.992024-06-03 — best price $7.992024-07-29 — best price $3.592024-09-30 — best price $7.992024-12-09 — best price $3.192025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $2.792025-04-13 — best price $7.992025-06-02 — best price $7.992025-07-14 — best price $2.792025-09-04 — best price $0.002025-09-29 — best price $2.792025-10-20 — best price $7.992025-12-03 — best price $2.792025-12-17 — best price $7.992026-01-08 — best price $7.992026-02-09 — best price $2.792026-03-15 — best price $7.992026-03-30 — best price $2.792026-04-28 — best price $7.992026-05-28 — best price $2.792026-06-26 — best price $2.992026-07-20 — best price $1.992026-08-23 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2011032026-05-30 — 168 pageviews2026-06-03 — 144 pageviews2026-06-07 — 156 pageviews2026-06-11 — 137 pageviews2026-06-15 — 137 pageviews2026-06-19 — 103 pageviews2026-06-23 — 140 pageviews2026-06-27 — 129 pageviews2026-07-01 — 126 pageviews2026-07-05 — 130 pageviews2026-07-09 — 161 pageviews2026-07-13 — 201 pageviews2026-07-17 — 131 pageviews2026-07-21 — 120 pageviews2026-07-25 — 122 pageviews2026-07-29 — 196 pageviews2026-08-02 — 162 pageviews2026-08-06 — 129 pageviews2026-08-10 — 198 pageviews2026-08-14 — 158 pageviews2026-08-18 — 111 pageviews2026-08-22 — 145 pageviews2026-08-26 — 143 pageviews2026-08-30 — 137 pageviews2026-09-03 — 148 pageviews2026-09-07 — 152 pageviews2026-09-11 — 129 pageviews2026-09-15 — 139 pageviews2026-09-19 — 148 pageviews2026-09-23 — 159 pageviews2026-09-27 — 188 pageviews2026-10-01 — 138 pageviews2026-10-05 — 152 pageviews2026-10-09 — 145 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
95.7%
earned "Enter the Valley"
60.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSave Anytime1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-08-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,53061%19
PS5 (PlayStation)55280%20
PS4 (PlayStation)17183%20
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)16857%19
Switch (Nintendo)730%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

3DCasualLinearPuzzleRelaxingStrategyAdventureEmotionalExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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