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Once on a windswept night cover art

Once on a windswept night

ebi-hime · 2017-02-06

Steam

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 31, 2016 (Linux), Oct 31, 2016 (Mac), Oct 31, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A metafictional yuri visual novel about a traveller who runs across two cute nuns in an abandoned church.

Once on a windswept night is a Casual, Indie, and Free To Play game released in 2017, free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 205 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 205 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
3h
time to beat (IGDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30Feb 2017Jun 2024Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 18Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 6Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Jun 2024 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jun 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

30
achievements tracked
84.8%
earned "Lycoris"
36.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Ukrainian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-02-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)90861%30

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

Player tags

AnimeIndieCasualLGBTQ+Free to PlayVisual NovelFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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