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Ori and the Blind Forest

Moon Studios GmbH · Xbox Game Studios · 2015-03-10

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Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 11, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 11, 2015 (Xbox One), Dec 20, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

66
playing now
94%
positive of 60k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (1517 ratings)
8.8h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)

66 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Ori and the Blind Forest is a platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by Moon Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. The game was released for Windows and Xbox One in March 2015, and for Nintendo Switch in September 2019. Players assume control of Ori, a small white spirit, and Sein, the "light and eyes" of the Forest's Spirit Tree. Players are tasked to move between platforms and solve puzzles. The game features a save system called "Soul Links", which allows players to save their progress at will with limited resources, and an upgrade system that allows players to strengthen Ori's skills and abilities.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 66 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,446 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~181/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (6,400 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60,094 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.0k6.0k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 570 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6,026 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 374 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,316 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

280502026-08-06 21:00 — 53 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 136 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 229 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 57 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 147 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 273 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 57 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 198 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 280 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 60 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 110 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 257 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 50 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 145 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 246 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 56 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 116 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 219 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 60 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 99 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 175 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 74 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 102 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 204 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 84 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 68 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 159 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 106 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 66 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992015-03-112016-02-122015-03-11 — best price $19.992015-06-11 — best price $15.992015-06-18 — best price $11.992015-06-22 — best price $19.992015-07-06 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $11.992015-12-01 — best price $19.992015-12-22 — best price $11.992016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-02-05 — best price $9.992016-02-12 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
81.5%
earned "So Many Secrets"
27.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)31,0305%50
Xbox One (Xbox)22,3563%50

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

2DCuteIndieActionFantasyAdventureDifficultPlatformerStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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