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Storyteller

Daniel Benmergui · Annapurna Interactive · 2023-03-23

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

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!

62
playing now
89%
positive of 9.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
3.5h
to beat · completionist 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.49
steam price (US)

62 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 62 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 9% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 182k–411k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,123 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.69-53%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 76 of 104 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

173252026-08-07 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 52 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 54 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 55 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 45 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 47 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 60 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 43 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 52 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 36 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 76 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 37 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 31 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 48 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 40 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 38 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 173 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 99 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 79 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 139 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 95 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 62 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

93222026-05-31 — 43 pageviews2026-06-03 — 49 pageviews2026-06-06 — 44 pageviews2026-06-09 — 58 pageviews2026-06-12 — 37 pageviews2026-06-15 — 60 pageviews2026-06-18 — 51 pageviews2026-06-21 — 56 pageviews2026-06-24 — 35 pageviews2026-06-27 — 37 pageviews2026-06-30 — 60 pageviews2026-07-03 — 69 pageviews2026-07-06 — 71 pageviews2026-07-09 — 75 pageviews2026-07-12 — 89 pageviews2026-07-15 — 49 pageviews2026-07-18 — 48 pageviews2026-07-21 — 59 pageviews2026-07-24 — 57 pageviews2026-07-27 — 45 pageviews2026-07-30 — 34 pageviews2026-08-02 — 50 pageviews2026-08-05 — 45 pageviews2026-08-08 — 41 pageviews2026-08-11 — 40 pageviews2026-08-14 — 28 pageviews2026-08-17 — 46 pageviews2026-08-20 — 52 pageviews2026-08-23 — 52 pageviews2026-08-26 — 43 pageviews2026-08-28 — 48 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…

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.

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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