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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.

7
playing now
77%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 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 11% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

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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 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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

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

DarkIndieShortHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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