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Recall: Empty Wishes

Puff Hook Studio · DANGEN Entertainment · 2025-02-13

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 13, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 13, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 13, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 13, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Feb 13, 2025 (Mac), Feb 13, 2025 (Xbox One)

Recall: Empty Wishes is a psychological thriller set in Taiwan during the 2010s. Follow Yonny, a sister determined to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of her brother, Tommy. As she delves deeper, she confronts unsettling secrets, blurring the lines between reality and illusion.

94%
positive of 65 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Ever since Tommy disappeared, Yonny, her sister, has being trying to locate him. By way of a toy handset once shared with Tommy, Yonny and her friend gained access to a world constructed from past memories, along with its inhabitants’ most private thoughts and the truth of Tommy’s disappearance...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 70% of 12,766 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–2.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 65 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.58 at IndieGala Store (2026-06-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 73 of 110 observed days · $6.12 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320252026Week of 2025-02-13: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$5.492025-02-132026-09-042025-02-13 — best price $13.492025-03-03 — best price $14.992025-04-08 — best price $14.992025-05-11 — best price $14.992025-06-10 — best price $11.242025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-08-04 — best price $11.512025-08-14 — best price $10.492025-09-04 — best price $14.992025-09-18 — best price $10.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-20 — best price $10.492025-11-13 — best price $10.492025-11-25 — best price $10.492025-12-07 — best price $14.992026-01-01 — best price $14.992026-01-08 — best price $11.012026-01-13 — best price $11.512026-01-18 — best price $14.992026-02-12 — best price $8.992026-02-18 — best price $14.992026-03-09 — best price $6.482026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-24 — best price $12.492026-05-04 — best price $10.492026-05-26 — best price $11.072026-06-02 — best price $14.992026-06-18 — best price $10.492026-06-27 — best price $14.992026-07-14 — best price $12.882026-07-24 — best price $6.312026-08-01 — best price $12.632026-08-09 — best price $6.312026-08-14 — best price $6.362026-08-20 — best price $14.992026-09-01 — best price $11.702026-09-04 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DRPGDramaIndieHorrorAdventureDetectiveStory RichSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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