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NORTH cover art

NORTH

Outlands · Sometimes You · 2016-04-27

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 06, 2018 (PlayStation Vita), Feb 26, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 06, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 06, 2018 (Xbox One), Apr 27, 2016 (Mac), Mar 06, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

Dealing with the issue of the contemporary refugee crisis while at the same time being deeply rooted in a classical cyberpunk atmosphere à la Blade Runner, NORTH features a dark synthpop soundtrack, a sprawling mega-city and weird monster-like inhabitants.

NORTH is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 448 reviews).

0
playing now
64%
positive of 450 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
15/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3.07★
PlayStation Store rating (291 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (21 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 450 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.25 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 16 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120162026Week of 2016-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11702026-09-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$0.492016-04-272026-10-082016-04-27 — best price $1.692016-09-12 — best price $1.592016-11-29 — best price $1.992017-04-10 — best price $0.992017-07-31 — best price $1.092017-11-16 — best price $0.692018-02-05 — best price $1.992018-05-16 — best price $1.992018-08-30 — best price $1.192018-11-27 — best price $1.992019-02-12 — best price $1.992019-07-09 — best price $1.992019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-05-21 — best price $1.992020-09-14 — best price $0.492021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-04-26 — best price $1.992021-09-20 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-04-11 — best price $1.992022-07-25 — best price $1.992022-11-07 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-05-25 — best price $1.992023-06-11 — best price $1.992023-06-26 — best price $1.992023-10-30 — best price $0.692024-01-22 — best price $0.692024-04-22 — best price $1.992024-09-02 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $0.692025-03-31 — best price $0.692025-07-21 — best price $1.992026-01-12 — best price $1.992026-05-18 — best price $1.992026-09-17 — best price $4.992026-10-08 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)5,06094%10
PS4 (PlayStation)1,62588%10
PS4 (PlayStation)1,54489%10
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)68994%10
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)65792%10
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

IndieSurrealAdventureCyberpunkAtmosphericWalking Simulator

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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