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Serenity Forge · 2025-07-10

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 10, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 10, 2025 (Linux), Jul 10, 2025 (Mac)

“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”

99%
positive of 145 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 14,324 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 145 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.19 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 14 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520252026Week of 2025-07-10: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$0.002025-07-102026-08-162025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-08-09 — best price $4.792025-08-12 — best price $5.992025-09-12 — best price $4.792025-09-25 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $4.792025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-10-25 — best price $4.792025-10-29 — best price $5.992025-12-01 — best price $4.792025-12-15 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $4.192026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-01-18 — best price $4.492026-02-01 — best price $5.992026-02-19 — best price $0.002026-02-26 — best price $5.992026-03-04 — best price $4.792026-03-18 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $4.192026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-04-26 — best price $4.492026-05-10 — best price $5.992026-05-14 — best price $4.192026-06-10 — best price $4.792026-06-11 — best price $5.992026-06-24 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $4.192026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-08-02 — best price $4.792026-08-16 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
55.8%
earned "Second Chances"
45.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Census log

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

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