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Smile For Me

LimboLane · Serenity Forge · 2019-05-31

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 31, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 31, 2019 (Mac), Apr 24, 2023 (Xbox One), Apr 24, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 24, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 24, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

A heartbroken clown, wayward souls, and juicy mechanical lips. As “The Big Event" draws near, help the troubled residents of the Habitat and de-mask the mysterious Doctor Habit... before it's too late.

96%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
4.62★
PlayStation Store rating (81 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

A heartbroken clown, wayward souls, and juicy mechanical lips. As the big event draws near, help the troubled residents of the Habitat and de-mask the mysterious Doctor Habit... before it's too late.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 100 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 29,102 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 75k–179k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,989 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-12-17) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 2 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10710720192026Week of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$5.992026-09-122026-10-102026-09-12 — best price $14.992026-09-19 — best price $5.992026-09-26 — best price $5.992026-10-03 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
67.4%
earned " Goodie Two-Shoes"
39.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed Input2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-05-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,67028%24
PS5 (PlayStation)9348%25
Xbox One (Xbox)6344%24
PS4 (PlayStation)4161%25
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2D3DFMVCuteFunnyHorrorLGBTQ+PuzzleSurrealHand-drawn

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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