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Spirit of the North

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

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AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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).

15
playing now
84%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (245 downloads)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (1,555 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Spirit of the North trailer thumbnail

Spirit of the North - Gameplay Trailer | PS4

≈991,372 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 15 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 5% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 133k–298k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,626 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 82 of 104 observed days (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

5052026-09-14 21:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 50 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
727May 2020Aug 2026May 2020 — avg 28 · peak 109Jul 2020 — avg 13 · peak 39Sep 2020 — avg 14 · peak 53Nov 2020 — avg 14 · peak 46Jan 2021 — avg 15 · peak 49Mar 2021 — avg 14 · peak 41May 2021 — avg 10 · peak 31Jul 2021 — avg 12 · peak 52Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 21Nov 2021 — avg 14 · peak 44Jan 2022 — avg 19 · peak 62Mar 2022 — avg 11 · peak 35May 2022 — avg 23 · peak 66Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 39Sep 2022 — avg 13 · peak 56Nov 2022 — avg 12 · peak 40Jan 2023 — avg 17 · peak 45Mar 2023 — avg 31 · peak 317May 2023 — avg 15 · peak 42Jul 2023 — avg 15 · peak 37Sep 2023 — avg 19 · peak 62Nov 2023 — avg 25 · peak 83Jan 2024 — avg 22 · peak 69Mar 2024 — avg 17 · peak 53May 2024 — avg 13 · peak 43Jul 2024 — avg 17 · peak 47Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 36Nov 2024 — avg 72 · peak 947Jan 2025 — avg 32 · peak 85Mar 2025 — avg 21 · peak 56May 2025 — avg 43 · peak 149Jul 2025 — avg 34 · peak 101Sep 2025 — avg 26 · peak 114Nov 2025 — avg 31 · peak 108Jan 2026 — avg 33 · peak 89Mar 2026 — avg 23 · peak 65May 2026 — avg 19 · peak 74Jul 2026 — avg 19 · peak 53Aug 2026 — avg 34 · peak 170
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002020-04-302026-09-292020-04-30 — best price $16.412020-06-02 — best price $17.882020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-08-04 — best price $17.882020-08-29 — best price $16.992020-10-05 — best price $17.882020-11-01 — best price $17.882020-12-05 — best price $19.992021-04-16 — best price $6.992021-08-20 — best price $9.992021-11-29 — best price $17.282022-03-12 — best price $16.492022-06-23 — best price $5.992022-12-06 — best price $14.692023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-26 — best price $15.892023-07-24 — best price $6.002023-10-08 — best price $5.992023-12-13 — best price $3.992024-02-12 — best price $4.992024-04-12 — best price $3.992024-06-26 — best price $3.992024-08-10 — best price $19.992024-10-10 — best price $19.992024-12-10 — best price $14.692025-02-03 — best price $1.482025-06-10 — best price $15.892025-08-31 — best price $19.992025-12-11 — best price $2.992026-03-03 — best price $15.892026-05-28 — best price $2.992026-07-07 — best price $2.712026-08-11 — best price $15.892026-09-23 — best price $2.592026-09-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

69182026-06-01 — 37 pageviews2026-06-05 — 38 pageviews2026-06-09 — 21 pageviews2026-06-13 — 62 pageviews2026-06-17 — 22 pageviews2026-06-21 — 46 pageviews2026-06-25 — 28 pageviews2026-06-29 — 31 pageviews2026-07-03 — 23 pageviews2026-07-07 — 27 pageviews2026-07-11 — 30 pageviews2026-07-15 — 34 pageviews2026-07-19 — 26 pageviews2026-07-23 — 26 pageviews2026-07-27 — 29 pageviews2026-07-31 — 49 pageviews2026-08-04 — 37 pageviews2026-08-08 — 44 pageviews2026-08-12 — 38 pageviews2026-08-16 — 46 pageviews2026-08-20 — 40 pageviews2026-08-24 — 27 pageviews2026-08-28 — 36 pageviews2026-09-01 — 34 pageviews2026-09-05 — 41 pageviews2026-09-09 — 32 pageviews2026-09-13 — 61 pageviews2026-09-17 — 31 pageviews2026-09-21 — 50 pageviews2026-09-25 — 29 pageviews2026-09-29 — 34 pageviews2026-10-03 — 38 pageviews2026-10-07 — 20 pageviews2026-10-11 — 32 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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