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NAIAD

HiWarp · 2024-12-10

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 10, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 10, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 10, 2024 (Mac), Dec 10, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Dec 10, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Dec 10, 2024 (Xbox One)

Immerse yourself in a relaxing, minimalist and colorful adventure. Flow with Naiad across a mysterious river and interact with its fauna and flora to discover little secrets. Enjoy a wholesome experience with an original and dreamy visual style.

94%
positive of 750 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.72★
PlayStation Store rating (261 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Enjoy a wholesome experience with a dreamy and original visual style. Learn to swim like a duck, dive like a fish, dash like a frog and meet other adorable friends like butterflies, rabbits, turtles, snakes, and crocodiles!. Help them find their way and avoid obstacles. A journey in 16 episodes that will take you through beautiful and strange places like a deep forest, a dark cave, a joyful creek, a calm lake, and more... until you reach the sea.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 29,087 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 750 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
656520242026Week of 2024-12-10: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-31: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-15: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$9.992024-12-102026-10-102024-12-10 — best price $17.992025-01-23 — best price $15.992025-02-17 — best price $15.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-04-01 — best price $13.992025-05-06 — best price $14.992025-05-29 — best price $13.992025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-07-17 — best price $13.992025-08-22 — best price $12.992025-09-29 — best price $12.992025-10-09 — best price $12.992025-11-19 — best price $12.992025-11-30 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-01-13 — best price $11.992026-02-12 — best price $10.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-03-30 — best price $9.992026-05-11 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-13 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $9.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-09-26 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
92.6%
earned "Under the Cloud’s Protection"
20%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-12-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)53310%53
PS5 (PlayStation)24630%53
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)6115%53
PS4 (PlayStation)3949%53
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteLinearNaturePuzzleFantasyColorfulRelaxingTop-DownAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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