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Spirit of the North

Infuse Studio · Silver Lining Interactive · 2020-05-07

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AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 13, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jun 12, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), May 07, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Spirit of the North is a single-player 3rd-person adventure game inspired by the breathtaking and mysterious landscapes of Iceland. Play as an ordinary red fox whose story becomes entwined with the guardian of the Northern Lights, a female spirit fox.

Spirit of the North is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 6555 reviews).

19
playing now
84%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Spirit of the North is a third-person adventure game developed by Infuse Studio and published by Merge Games. It was released on November 1, 2019 for PlayStation 4, then on May 7, 2020 for Windows and Nintendo Switch. It was re-released as Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on November 26, 2020 and June 29, 2021 respectively. The game contains no dialog or narrative, and is about a fox that gains the powers of a spirit after collapsing from exhaustion.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 514 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~64/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 11,314 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 131k–295k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,555 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.59-87%
GameBillet$2.65-87%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.14 at WinGameStore (2025-04-15) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 76 of 100 observed days · $1.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19219220202026Week of 2020-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6782026-08-07 00:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 47 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 60 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 45 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 67 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 32 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 49 players2026-08-13 14:00 — 50 players2026-08-14 22:00 — 35 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 32 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 22 players2026-08-22 19:00 — 32 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 18 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 26 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002020-04-302026-08-302020-04-30 — best price $16.412020-05-29 — best price $19.992020-06-19 — best price $19.992020-07-22 — best price $19.992020-08-12 — best price $19.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992020-10-05 — best price $17.882020-10-28 — best price $19.992020-11-24 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-04-25 — best price $6.992021-09-11 — best price $19.992021-11-29 — best price $17.282022-03-02 — best price $16.812022-05-17 — best price $16.992022-10-11 — best price $7.992023-01-06 — best price $15.892023-03-26 — best price $19.992023-05-26 — best price $15.892023-07-18 — best price $15.892023-08-30 — best price $19.992023-11-13 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-20 — best price $15.892024-04-12 — best price $3.992024-05-19 — best price $14.692024-07-30 — best price $19.992024-09-14 — best price $19.992024-11-01 — best price $19.992024-12-13 — best price $2.002025-02-03 — best price $1.482025-05-30 — best price $19.992025-08-08 — best price $4.992025-11-04 — best price $19.992026-01-13 — best price $15.892026-03-17 — best price $3.002026-05-28 — best price $2.992026-06-30 — best price $2.582026-08-04 — best price $17.992026-08-30 — best price $2.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
81.3%
earned "A Guardian Forgotten"
25.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,01717%24
PS4 (PlayStation)2,15654%25
PS4 (PlayStation)96747%25
PS4 (PlayStation)17178%25
Switch (Nintendo)800%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—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

3DFoxIndieCasualPuzzleRelaxingAdventureBeautifulExperienceAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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