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Ori and the Blind Forest cover art

Ori and the Blind Forest

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

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Ori and the Blind Forest is an Action game released in 2015, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 60143 reviews).

236
playing now
94%
positive of 60k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
20
twitch viewers (latest)
4.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
88/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (1517 ratings)
20
Nexus mods (17k downloads)
90/100
opencritic · mighty · 96% recommend · from 97 critics
8.8h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable

236 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 236 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,214 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~152/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (6,400 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,536 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 60,297 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.0k6.0k20182026Week 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: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

463402026-09-14 20:00 — 57 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 74 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 168 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 61 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 102 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 120 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 64 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 40 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 251 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 221 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 93 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 185 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 350 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 95 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 269 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 463 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 116 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 245 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 412 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 161 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 246 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 261 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 127 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 236 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.0k72Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 1,234 · peak 5,209Jul 2015 — avg 408 · peak 1,183Nov 2015 — avg 302 · peak 1,530Mar 2016 — avg 360 · peak 668Jul 2016 — avg 131 · peak 236Nov 2016 — avg 160 · peak 765Mar 2017 — avg 122 · peak 245Jul 2017 — avg 264 · peak 845Nov 2017 — avg 147 · peak 729Mar 2018 — avg 102 · peak 228Jul 2018 — avg 184 · peak 485Nov 2018 — avg 115 · peak 534Mar 2019 — avg 92 · peak 239Jul 2019 — avg 173 · peak 510Nov 2019 — avg 89 · peak 254Mar 2020 — avg 2,007 · peak 13,048Jul 2020 — avg 244 · peak 504Nov 2020 — avg 162 · peak 506Mar 2021 — avg 200 · peak 439Jul 2021 — avg 155 · peak 328Nov 2021 — avg 157 · peak 377Mar 2022 — avg 146 · peak 319Jul 2022 — avg 147 · peak 316Nov 2022 — avg 140 · peak 337Mar 2023 — avg 205 · peak 632Jul 2023 — avg 471 · peak 1,861Nov 2023 — avg 235 · peak 1,204Mar 2024 — avg 324 · peak 1,399Jul 2024 — avg 156 · peak 385Nov 2024 — avg 139 · peak 744Mar 2025 — avg 219 · peak 733Jul 2025 — avg 210 · peak 629Nov 2025 — avg 201 · peak 821Mar 2026 — avg 145 · peak 474Jul 2026 — avg 195 · peak 551Aug 2026 — avg 133 · peak 302
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
20202026-09-252026-10-142026-09-25: 20 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 16 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 10 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 5 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 8 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-06: 8 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 8 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 10 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 17 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

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).

Attention

8102692026-06-01 — 292 pageviews2026-06-05 — 525 pageviews2026-06-09 — 472 pageviews2026-06-13 — 407 pageviews2026-06-17 — 481 pageviews2026-06-21 — 391 pageviews2026-06-25 — 294 pageviews2026-06-29 — 357 pageviews2026-07-03 — 327 pageviews2026-07-07 — 330 pageviews2026-07-11 — 291 pageviews2026-07-15 — 287 pageviews2026-07-19 — 276 pageviews2026-07-23 — 289 pageviews2026-07-27 — 286 pageviews2026-07-31 — 270 pageviews2026-08-04 — 282 pageviews2026-08-08 — 302 pageviews2026-08-12 — 269 pageviews2026-08-16 — 331 pageviews2026-08-20 — 305 pageviews2026-08-24 — 573 pageviews2026-08-28 — 430 pageviews2026-09-01 — 446 pageviews2026-09-05 — 465 pageviews2026-09-09 — 416 pageviews2026-09-13 — 393 pageviews2026-09-17 — 306 pageviews2026-09-21 — 375 pageviews2026-09-25 — 670 pageviews2026-09-29 — 448 pageviews2026-10-03 — 810 pageviews2026-10-07 — 592 pageviews2026-10-11 — 423 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

25102026-09-30 18:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-01 00:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 251 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 187 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 108 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 20 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (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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