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Pathless Woods

AniYa Games Studio · 2024-04-02

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 02, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.

Pathless Woods is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and RPG title released in 2024, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 1113 reviews).

19
playing now
80%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (5 downloads)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (531 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,113 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.39 at Fanatical (2025-11-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 14 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38238220242026Week of 2024-04-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek 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

8192026-09-15 03:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 39 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 23 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 20 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 55 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 63 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 72 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 55 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 70 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 39 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 57 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 25 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 44 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 26 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4765Apr 2024Aug 2026Apr 2024 — avg 476 · peak 1,857May 2024 — avg 135 · peak 472Jun 2024 — avg 104 · peak 389Jul 2024 — avg 56 · peak 172Aug 2024 — avg 31 · peak 93Sep 2024 — avg 28 · peak 95Oct 2024 — avg 27 · peak 90Nov 2024 — avg 26 · peak 69Dec 2024 — avg 21 · peak 70Jan 2025 — avg 18 · peak 48Feb 2025 — avg 18 · peak 43Mar 2025 — avg 14 · peak 43Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 45May 2025 — avg 13 · peak 37Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2025 — avg 7 · peak 28Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 41Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Jan 2026 — avg 12 · peak 47Feb 2026 — avg 12 · peak 33Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 27Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 37May 2026 — avg 10 · peak 38Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 30Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$13.392024-04-022026-08-062024-04-02 — best price $19.992024-04-16 — best price $19.992024-05-27 — best price $17.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-07-29 — best price $19.992024-08-02 — best price $19.992024-08-23 — best price $17.592024-10-25 — best price $17.992024-11-22 — best price $17.992024-12-13 — best price $17.992025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-02-03 — best price $15.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-28 — best price $15.992025-06-27 — best price $15.992025-07-21 — best price $15.992025-08-22 — best price $15.992025-09-05 — best price $15.992025-09-29 — best price $15.992025-11-03 — best price $13.392025-11-18 — best price $15.892025-12-06 — best price $19.992025-12-19 — best price $19.992026-02-08 — best price $15.992026-04-02 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $15.992026-07-24 — best price $15.992026-08-06 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
80.5%
earned "Concentrated attention"
24.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-op

3 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2750%50

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

Player tags

3DCuteIndieSandboxBuildingColorfulCraftingSurvivalOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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