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Storyteller

Daniel Benmergui · Annapurna Interactive · 2023-03-23

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 23, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 26, 2023 (iOS), Mar 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2023 (Android)

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love, intrigue, crime, monsters, betrayal, and more!

Storyteller is a 2023 Adventure game priced at $7.49, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (89% of 9194 reviews).

64
playing now
89%
positive of 9.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (126 downloads)
3.5h
to beat · completionist 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.49
steam price (US)

64 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Storyteller is a puzzle video game designed by Daniel Benmergui and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game was released on March 23, 2023, for Windows and Nintendo Switch, and was released on September 26, 2023, for iOS and Android via Netflix.

Trailer

Storyteller trailer thumbnail

Jim Henson's 'The StoryTeller' (Trailer)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 64 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 820 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~103/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 184k–414k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,194 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.79 at IndieGala Store (2026-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 66 of 91 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
80480420232026Week of 2023-03-01: 804 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

120232026-09-15 13:00 — 48 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 65 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 28 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 66 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 98 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 38 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 40 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 53 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 42 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 64 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 44 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 23 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 33 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 69 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 48 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 47 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 79 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 57 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 43 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 71 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 89 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 42 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 64 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40541Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 278 · peak 599May 2023 — avg 53 · peak 189Jul 2023 — avg 90 · peak 293Sep 2023 — avg 332 · peak 1,475Nov 2023 — avg 221 · peak 486Jan 2024 — avg 125 · peak 354Mar 2024 — avg 97 · peak 207May 2024 — avg 87 · peak 231Jul 2024 — avg 92 · peak 180Sep 2024 — avg 86 · peak 199Nov 2024 — avg 57 · peak 190Jan 2025 — avg 54 · peak 135Mar 2025 — avg 62 · peak 209May 2025 — avg 58 · peak 271Jul 2025 — avg 91 · peak 201Sep 2025 — avg 86 · peak 226Nov 2025 — avg 72 · peak 157Jan 2026 — avg 63 · peak 139Mar 2026 — avg 52 · peak 118May 2026 — avg 59 · peak 140Jul 2026 — avg 89 · peak 200Aug 2026 — avg 62 · peak 173
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$5.162022-08-152026-08-262022-08-15 — best price $99.992023-04-05 — best price $14.132023-06-28 — best price $14.562023-08-15 — best price $14.992023-10-07 — best price $13.392023-11-02 — best price $10.042023-11-30 — best price $11.482024-01-05 — best price $11.482024-02-08 — best price $10.422024-02-24 — best price $13.192024-03-19 — best price $11.092024-04-13 — best price $11.482024-04-29 — best price $9.762024-05-23 — best price $9.892024-06-07 — best price $9.792024-07-10 — best price $13.392024-07-26 — best price $10.492024-08-18 — best price $11.482024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-02-17 — best price $9.892025-03-24 — best price $10.792025-04-26 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $6.212025-07-25 — best price $12.422025-08-27 — best price $6.982025-10-06 — best price $8.922025-10-20 — best price $14.992025-11-21 — best price $8.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-01-20 — best price $10.792026-03-03 — best price $14.992026-04-06 — best price $7.492026-04-20 — best price $10.792026-05-20 — best price $5.162026-06-21 — best price $11.702026-07-11 — best price $13.202026-08-07 — best price $13.202026-08-26 — best price $5.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

105222026-05-31 — 43 pageviews2026-06-04 — 40 pageviews2026-06-08 — 44 pageviews2026-06-12 — 37 pageviews2026-06-16 — 47 pageviews2026-06-20 — 46 pageviews2026-06-24 — 35 pageviews2026-06-28 — 45 pageviews2026-07-02 — 86 pageviews2026-07-06 — 71 pageviews2026-07-10 — 78 pageviews2026-07-14 — 68 pageviews2026-07-18 — 48 pageviews2026-07-22 — 62 pageviews2026-07-26 — 79 pageviews2026-07-30 — 34 pageviews2026-08-03 — 51 pageviews2026-08-07 — 33 pageviews2026-08-11 — 40 pageviews2026-08-15 — 48 pageviews2026-08-19 — 36 pageviews2026-08-23 — 52 pageviews2026-08-27 — 50 pageviews2026-08-31 — 50 pageviews2026-09-04 — 51 pageviews2026-09-08 — 41 pageviews2026-09-12 — 41 pageviews2026-09-16 — 62 pageviews2026-09-20 — 60 pageviews2026-09-24 — 47 pageviews2026-09-28 — 38 pageviews2026-10-02 — 51 pageviews2026-10-06 — 60 pageviews2026-10-10 — 105 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
53.3%
earned "The Crown"
40%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-03-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,88150%5
Switch (Nintendo)1740%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

2DCasualLGBTQ+PuzzleFantasyMysteryRomanceCartoonyAdventureNonlinear

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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