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Paradise Marsh cover art

Paradise Marsh

LazyEti · 2022-10-13

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 13, 2022 (Xbox One), Oct 13, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 13, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 13, 2022 (Mac)

Stars vanished from the sky and scattered across a perfect endless wetland... Catch bugs and chat with many characters while playfully wandering through peaceful scenery. But don't lose sight of the night sky, the constellations need help!

96%
positive of 545 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

One by one, the stars fell down from the sky into a perfect endless marsh. Wander around equipped with your trusty bug net and find a way to replenish the empty night sky. Along the way, pick wild flowers, discover lost poems and meet intriguing and colorful characters who need your help...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (108 reviews).
  • · Top 41% of 11,855 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 545 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$15.49

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2025-10-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.49 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $11.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10610620222026Week of 2022-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

20
achievements tracked
71.3%
earned "Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy"
28.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)49435%20
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)9736%20
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

Player tags

CuteFunnyRetroShortCasualComedyNatureColorfulRelaxingOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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