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Stories Untold cover art

Stories Untold

No Code · Devolver Digital · 2017-02-27

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 27, 2020 (Xbox One), Jan 15, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 27, 2017 (Mac), Feb 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 27, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

5
playing now
87%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (88 ratings)
3h
to beat · completionist 3h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Stories Untold is an adventure game developed by No Code and published by Devolver Digital. Written and directed by Jon McKellan, the game was released on 27 February 2017 for macOS and Windows, for the Nintendo Switch in January 2020 and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in October 2020. It is a mix of adventure game genres, including text-based adventure, first-person exploration, and puzzle solving, and is themed after technology from the 1980s.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 219 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~27/week).
  • · Review velocity up 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 138k–331k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,510 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$0.99-90%
Gamesplanet$0.99-90%
Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$1.99-80%
Humble Store$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-80%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.84 at GamesPlanet UK (2025-01-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 83 of 119 observed days · $0.15 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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13013020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-11 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.08$0.002017-02-272026-08-302017-02-27 — best price $8.492017-09-11 — best price $4.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-09-15 — best price $9.992019-03-13 — best price $9.992019-10-29 — best price $2.252020-01-09 — best price $2.492020-02-29 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-04-10 — best price $9.992021-08-02 — best price $2.492021-11-29 — best price $9.992022-02-21 — best price $9.992022-05-06 — best price $2.492022-07-25 — best price $2.492022-10-27 — best price $2.492023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-04-05 — best price $1.992023-06-20 — best price $8.272023-08-25 — best price $1.992023-11-11 — best price $9.992024-02-08 — best price $1.992024-04-10 — best price $1.992024-06-26 — best price $1.992024-09-09 — best price $1.392024-12-02 — best price $9.992025-02-08 — best price $0.692025-04-26 — best price $9.992025-07-22 — best price $0.992025-10-13 — best price $0.992026-01-10 — best price $0.992026-04-07 — best price $0.692026-07-13 — best price $6.992026-08-24 — best price $0.702026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
65.7%
earned "Finally"
41.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,34934%13
Xbox One (Xbox)92466%12
PS4 (PlayStation)84560%12
PS4 (PlayStation)78263%12
Switch (Nintendo)380%0

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

Player tags

1980sIndieRetroHorrorPuzzleSci-fiThrillerAdventureStory RichText-Based

Census log

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

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