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Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Moon Studios GmbH · Xbox Game Studios · 2020-03-10

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 17, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 10, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 11, 2020 (Xbox One), Nov 10, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S)

Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps is an Action game released in 2020, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 146228 reviews).

7,072
playing now
96%
positive of 151k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67
twitch viewers (latest)
6.1
viewers/channel (concentration)
91/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (572 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (9.2k downloads)
90/100
opencritic · mighty · 98% recommend · from 178 critics
17h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 20h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

7,072 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a 2020 platform-adventure Metroidvania video game developed by Moon Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios. Announced during E3 2017, the title is a direct sequel to 2015's Ori and the Blind Forest, and was released in March 2020 for Windows and Xbox One. A Nintendo Switch version was released in September 2020 by Iam8bit, and a version optimized for Xbox Series X/S was released as its launch title in November 2020. The game maintains narrative continuity with Blind Forest, and follows the journey of series' main character Ori in a new region called Niwen.

Trailer

Ori and the Will of the Wisps trailer thumbnail

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - E3 2017 - 4K Teaser Trailer

≈387,778 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7,072 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,421 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~678/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (20,321 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-12

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Oct 12), healthy→thriving (Oct 2), unknown→healthy (Aug 27)

Estimated sales: 3.0M–6.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 151,415 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-90%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-09-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 30 of 48 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19k19k20202026Week of 2020-03-01: 19,321 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,000 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3,840 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,579 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,201 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,520 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,096 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,111 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,250 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6,131 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3,930 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4,477 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7,235 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,155 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,727 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,282 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,639 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,099 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,841 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,596 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,938 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,780 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,334 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,782 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 797 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,318 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,320 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,578 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,280 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,018 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,692 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,834 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,801 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,034 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6,091 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3,008 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,183 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,382 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,759 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,146 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,490 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,314 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,227 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,399 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,277 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,027 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,193 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,076 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 693 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 978 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 919 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 949 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 721 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 870 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 874 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,196 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 2,436 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 152 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

21k4722026-09-15 11:00 — 598 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 472 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 11,874 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 9,157 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 16,494 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 3,333 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 15,660 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 18,819 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 3,545 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 19,121 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 8,791 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 10,081 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 18,859 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 3,603 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 14,687 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 18,806 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 3,116 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 18,970 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 5,550 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 7,734 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 19,194 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 3,175 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 10,976 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 19,465 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2,638 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 13,957 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 6,517 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 10,219 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 15,470 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 2,765 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 7,072 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.3k541Mar 2020Aug 2026Mar 2020 — avg 8,324 · peak 31,224May 2020 — avg 1,000 · peak 2,050Jul 2020 — avg 1,348 · peak 3,244Sep 2020 — avg 767 · peak 2,600Nov 2020 — avg 1,141 · peak 6,695Jan 2021 — avg 2,453 · peak 17,448Mar 2021 — avg 1,331 · peak 3,381May 2021 — avg 743 · peak 1,593Jul 2021 — avg 990 · peak 2,509Sep 2021 — avg 541 · peak 1,102Nov 2021 — avg 1,390 · peak 5,830Jan 2022 — avg 1,336 · peak 3,374Mar 2022 — avg 681 · peak 1,426May 2022 — avg 668 · peak 1,740Jul 2022 — avg 1,077 · peak 2,836Sep 2022 — avg 1,119 · peak 3,163Nov 2022 — avg 1,131 · peak 3,644Jan 2023 — avg 1,305 · peak 2,866Mar 2023 — avg 5,884 · peak 27,279May 2023 — avg 1,786 · peak 6,473Jul 2023 — avg 1,484 · peak 3,732Sep 2023 — avg 1,085 · peak 4,762Nov 2023 — avg 869 · peak 2,828Jan 2024 — avg 1,022 · peak 2,550Mar 2024 — avg 1,108 · peak 3,176May 2024 — avg 821 · peak 2,606Jul 2024 — avg 849 · peak 2,056Sep 2024 — avg 772 · peak 2,465Nov 2024 — avg 572 · peak 2,335Jan 2025 — avg 942 · peak 2,335Mar 2025 — avg 947 · peak 2,505May 2025 — avg 816 · peak 2,070Jul 2025 — avg 715 · peak 1,581Sep 2025 — avg 729 · peak 2,067Nov 2025 — avg 813 · peak 3,146Jan 2026 — avg 774 · peak 1,844Mar 2026 — avg 632 · peak 1,883May 2026 — avg 577 · peak 1,395Jul 2026 — avg 831 · peak 2,128Aug 2026 — avg 579 · peak 1,219
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#72#1002026-10-022026-10-122026-10-02 — #932026-10-03 — #902026-10-04 — #872026-10-05 — #872026-10-06 — #822026-10-07 — #802026-10-08 — #722026-10-09 — #722026-10-10 — #762026-10-11 — #912026-10-12 — #100
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
5465462026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 8 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 55 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 314 new positive2026-09-27: 34 new negative2026-09-28: 162 new positive2026-09-28: 15 new negative2026-09-29: 196 new positive2026-09-29: 13 new negative2026-09-30: 188 new positive2026-09-30: 12 new negative2026-10-01: 225 new positive2026-10-01: 18 new negative2026-10-02: 215 new positive2026-10-02: 14 new negative2026-10-03: 294 new positive2026-10-03: 19 new negative2026-10-04: 369 new positive2026-10-04: 20 new negative2026-10-05: 285 new positive2026-10-05: 26 new negative2026-10-06: 304 new positive2026-10-06: 19 new negative2026-10-07: 273 new positive2026-10-07: 15 new negative2026-10-08: 272 new positive2026-10-08: 19 new negative2026-10-09: 275 new positive2026-10-09: 7 new negative2026-10-10: 546 new positive2026-10-10: 18 new negative2026-10-11: 287 new positive2026-10-11: 11 new negative2026-10-12: 191 new positive2026-10-12: 9 new negative2026-10-13: 175 new positive2026-10-13: 11 new negative2026-10-14: 131 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$2.992019-12-132026-10-082019-12-13 — best price $29.992020-06-16 — best price $29.992020-08-25 — best price $29.992020-10-23 — best price $29.992020-11-19 — best price $14.992020-12-17 — best price $14.992021-02-02 — best price $29.992021-04-08 — best price $14.992021-05-18 — best price $29.992021-08-06 — best price $29.992021-11-01 — best price $29.992022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-06-09 — best price $9.892022-07-14 — best price $9.892022-10-25 — best price $9.892023-01-03 — best price $29.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-05-23 — best price $29.992023-07-13 — best price $9.892023-11-21 — best price $9.892024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-05-07 — best price $9.892024-06-27 — best price $9.892024-11-14 — best price $9.892025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $29.992025-05-01 — best price $29.992025-06-16 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-12-02 — best price $29.992026-01-21 — best price $9.892026-04-01 — best price $9.892026-06-11 — best price $29.992026-07-30 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $29.992026-09-30 — best price $2.992026-10-06 — best price $2.992026-10-08 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6111492026-05-29 — 177 pageviews2026-06-02 — 309 pageviews2026-06-06 — 288 pageviews2026-06-10 — 230 pageviews2026-06-14 — 268 pageviews2026-06-18 — 259 pageviews2026-06-22 — 273 pageviews2026-06-26 — 222 pageviews2026-06-30 — 215 pageviews2026-07-04 — 210 pageviews2026-07-08 — 220 pageviews2026-07-12 — 234 pageviews2026-07-16 — 171 pageviews2026-07-20 — 188 pageviews2026-07-24 — 184 pageviews2026-07-28 — 149 pageviews2026-08-01 — 194 pageviews2026-08-05 — 186 pageviews2026-08-09 — 159 pageviews2026-08-13 — 159 pageviews2026-08-17 — 196 pageviews2026-08-21 — 184 pageviews2026-08-25 — 297 pageviews2026-08-29 — 269 pageviews2026-09-02 — 349 pageviews2026-09-06 — 277 pageviews2026-09-10 — 216 pageviews2026-09-14 — 228 pageviews2026-09-18 — 188 pageviews2026-09-22 — 201 pageviews2026-09-26 — 413 pageviews2026-09-30 — 330 pageviews2026-10-04 — 532 pageviews2026-10-07 — 473 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

14702026-09-30 21:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 67 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
81.6%
earned "Close Call"
22.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVHDR availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

21 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-03-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)50,2352%37
Steam (Steam)30,4356%37
Switch (Nintendo)1,0940%0

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

2DCuteActionPuzzleAdventureBeautifulEmotionalPlatformerStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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