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Road Not Taken

Spry Fox · 2014-08-05

SteamPlayStation Store

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 05, 2014 (Mac), Aug 05, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 05, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Jul 27, 2016 (iOS)

Road Not Taken is a roguelike puzzle game about surviving life’s surprises. You play as a ranger adventuring through a vast, unforgiving forest in the aftermath of a brutal winter storm, rescuing children who have lost their way.

Road Not Taken is an Indie game released in 2014, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 357 reviews).

1
playing now
80%
positive of 357 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3.31★
PlayStation Store rating (16,894 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Road Not Taken is an independent video game developed by Spry Fox for PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS, and Android. In a take on the Robert Frost poem of the same name, the game is described as being about life's surprises, both positive and negative.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 50,336 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.9k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 357 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2020-10-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320142026Week of 2014-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
360Jun 2014Jan 2026Jun 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2014 — avg 11 · peak 34Dec 2014 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2015 — avg 18 · peak 124Jun 2015 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2015 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2015 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2016 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2017 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 7Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2020 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 8Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2026 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jan 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-04-17 — best price $14.992015-05-08 — best price $8.992015-05-22 — best price $14.992015-08-28 — best price $9.742015-09-11 — best price $14.992015-12-23 — best price $3.742016-02-01 — best price $14.992016-04-11 — best price $2.992016-05-23 — best price $14.992016-09-08 — best price $4.492016-11-25 — best price $5.992017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-05-11 — best price $5.992017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $7.492018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-06-21 — best price $3.742018-09-13 — best price $14.992018-12-21 — best price $5.992019-07-10 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $7.492020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $5.242021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $4.492021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-14 — best price $5.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $5.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $4.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-03-20 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1502026-05-30 — 0 pageviews2026-06-03 — 0 pageviews2026-06-07 — 3 pageviews2026-06-11 — 5 pageviews2026-06-15 — 3 pageviews2026-06-19 — 3 pageviews2026-06-23 — 0 pageviews2026-06-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 5 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-06 — 3 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 2 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 pageviews2026-08-30 — 7 pageviews2026-09-03 — 2 pageviews2026-09-07 — 3 pageviews2026-09-11 — 9 pageviews2026-09-15 — 1 pageviews2026-09-19 — 11 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1 pageviews2026-09-27 — 4 pageviews2026-10-01 — 3 pageviews2026-10-05 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
74.5%
earned "New Villager"
11.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)18,2362%20
Steam (Steam)2,0661%20

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

Player tags

CuteIndiePuzzleAdventureDifficultRogue-likeTurn-BasedAtmosphericSingleplayerFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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