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Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition cover art

Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition

Thunder Lotus · 2020-08-18

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 18, 2020 (Linux), Aug 18, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 18, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 18, 2020 (Xbox One), Aug 18, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Aug 21, 2020 (Google Stadia)

Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.

604
playing now
95%
positive of 53k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
44
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (137 ratings)
38h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

604 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Spiritfarer is an indie management sim and sandbox action game developed and published by Canadian studio Thunder Lotus Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android and Stadia in August 2020. The main character, Stella, becomes a "Spiritfarer" whose job is to ferry the spirits of the deceased to the afterlife, accompanied by her cat, Daffodil. The game revolves around a series of quests given to Stella by the spirits aboard her ship.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 604 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,993 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~374/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53,195 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at IndieGala Store (2024-06-18) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 102 of 154 observed days · $27.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20202026Week of 2020-08-01: 1,850 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 967 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,000 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 637 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 694 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,207 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,198 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 943 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 744 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,018 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 940 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 978 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,763 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,203 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,135 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 801 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 799 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 952 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,767 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 880 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 936 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9962722026-08-06 21:00 — 353 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 497 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 808 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 403 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 538 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 927 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 442 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 640 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 996 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 393 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 471 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 870 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 337 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 429 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 841 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 272 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 387 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 771 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 411 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 383 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 574 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 355 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 392 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 629 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 424 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 323 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 454 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 484 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 294 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 604 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.992020-08-182026-08-272020-08-18 — best price $29.992021-02-01 — best price $29.992021-04-10 — best price $29.992021-05-24 — best price $29.992021-07-19 — best price $29.992021-09-27 — best price $29.992021-12-09 — best price $14.992022-01-21 — best price $13.492022-03-12 — best price $24.552022-06-16 — best price $7.422022-08-17 — best price $7.492022-10-27 — best price $9.892022-12-15 — best price $7.492023-02-18 — best price $29.992023-05-18 — best price $7.492023-07-20 — best price $7.492023-09-11 — best price $6.252023-11-06 — best price $5.622023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-02-09 — best price $7.492024-03-25 — best price $5.602024-05-13 — best price $4.502024-07-08 — best price $4.382024-08-30 — best price $29.992024-10-21 — best price $29.992024-12-19 — best price $4.492025-02-27 — best price $4.492025-04-21 — best price $29.992025-06-10 — best price $29.992025-07-31 — best price $4.492025-09-17 — best price $3.292025-11-06 — best price $29.992025-12-22 — best price $3.272026-02-19 — best price $29.992026-04-07 — best price $4.502026-05-18 — best price $2.992026-07-14 — best price $2.992026-08-14 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7851322026-05-29 — 225 pageviews2026-06-01 — 207 pageviews2026-06-04 — 194 pageviews2026-06-07 — 265 pageviews2026-06-10 — 195 pageviews2026-06-13 — 169 pageviews2026-06-16 — 157 pageviews2026-06-19 — 140 pageviews2026-06-22 — 169 pageviews2026-06-25 — 256 pageviews2026-06-28 — 190 pageviews2026-07-01 — 154 pageviews2026-07-04 — 183 pageviews2026-07-07 — 185 pageviews2026-07-10 — 194 pageviews2026-07-13 — 180 pageviews2026-07-16 — 171 pageviews2026-07-19 — 189 pageviews2026-07-22 — 204 pageviews2026-07-25 — 158 pageviews2026-07-28 — 178 pageviews2026-07-31 — 188 pageviews2026-08-03 — 164 pageviews2026-08-06 — 785 pageviews2026-08-09 — 187 pageviews2026-08-12 — 162 pageviews2026-08-15 — 163 pageviews2026-08-18 — 168 pageviews2026-08-21 — 168 pageviews2026-08-24 — 174 pageviews2026-08-26 — 135 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13202026-08-27 19:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 87 viewers2026-08-30 18:34 — 44 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
66.1%
earned "At least someone is happy"
20.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet2 DLC

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieBuildingCraftingRelaxingAdventureEmotionalHand-drawnManagementPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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