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Sonder

Finally Games · 2024-02-15

Steam

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 15, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience an innovative co-op adventure where two players have to work together. Engage in collaborative puzzle solving and dynamic combat with each player having unique abilities. Delve into a psychological narrative that explores the essence of humanity.

Sonder is a Casual, Indie and Free To Play game released in 2024, free-to-play, with a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 811 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

9
playing now
90%
positive of 811 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 179 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 29,219 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
797920242026Week of 2024-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1702026-09-15 16:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
522Feb 2024Aug 2026Feb 2024 — avg 52 · peak 347Mar 2024 — avg 25 · peak 336Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 50May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 24Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 24Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 28Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 37Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 15Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 16Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

11
achievements tracked
49.3%
earned "It’s not rocket science"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsRemote Play on TV1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Swedish, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-03-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23310%11

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

Player tags

2.5DDarkCasualCombatLinearPuzzleStylizedAdventureCinematicNarration

Census log

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

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