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Serena

Senscape · 2014-01-30

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 30, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 30, 2014 (Mac), Jan 30, 2014 (Linux)

How long has it been? A man sits in a distant getaway cabin waiting for his wife Serena. Where is she? Things in the cabin evoke memories, and the husband comes to a disturbing realization... This short point-and-click adventure is the result of a massive collaborative effort between dozens of fans and designers of adventure games.

Serena is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2014, free-to-play, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 6552 reviews).

38
playing now
77%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Serena is a 2014 freeware horror adventure game developed by several video game development companies, including Senscape, CBE Software, Infamous Quests, Digital Media Workshop and Guys from Andromeda. It was released for Windows, Linux and OS X. The game previews the Dagon Engine that was supposed to be used in Asylum. The main characters are voiced by Josh Mandel and Sarah Wilson, as well as a cameo from Guys from Andromeda's Scott Murphy. Gameplay is first-person perspective, with fixed background screens and a point-and-click interface.

Trailer

Serena trailer thumbnail

Serena- Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 38 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 155 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,753 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13413420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5502026-09-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 34 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 41 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 55 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 30 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 38 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
751Feb 2014Aug 2026Feb 2014 — avg 50 · peak 371Jun 2014 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2014 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2015 — avg 6 · peak 21Jun 2015 — avg 4 · peak 17Oct 2015 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2016 — avg 8 · peak 153Jun 2016 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2017 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 17Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2020 — avg 8 · peak 150Oct 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 202Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 35Oct 2021 — avg 4 · peak 22Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2023 — avg 14 · peak 602Jan 2024 — avg 14 · peak 483May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 91Jan 2025 — avg 75 · peak 998Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 109Jun 2026 — avg 15 · peak 171Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

1702026-05-30 — 4 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 0 pageviews2026-06-15 — 2 pageviews2026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 2 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-01 — 3 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1 pageviews2026-07-13 — 12 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 4 pageviews2026-07-25 — 3 pageviews2026-07-29 — 3 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 3 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 4 pageviews2026-08-30 — 6 pageviews2026-09-03 — 4 pageviews2026-09-07 — 6 pageviews2026-09-11 — 10 pageviews2026-09-15 — 4 pageviews2026-09-19 — 3 pageviews2026-09-23 — 5 pageviews2026-09-27 — 3 pageviews2026-10-01 — 9 pageviews2026-10-05 — 5 pageviews2026-10-09 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkIndieShortHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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