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The Adventurer and His Backpack

疯王子 · CrazyPrince · 2017-09-04

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is a turn-based relaxing adventure game with simple controls. You play as an adventurer, bringing a backpack with limited number of slots, who goes on an adventure. You will meet different kinds of monsters, defeat them, strengthen yourself to face stronger monsters. Be the ultimate adventurer!

The Adventurer and His Backpack is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $0.89, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 89 reviews).

1
playing now
72%
positive of 89 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.89
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (22 reviews).
  • · Top 42% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 89 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2022-03-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720172026Week of 2017-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.892017-06-162026-08-222017-06-16 — best price $1.592017-10-26 — best price $2.092018-01-04 — best price $2.992018-03-24 — best price $2.092018-08-29 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $2.092019-02-12 — best price $2.992019-06-26 — best price $2.092019-10-03 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $2.092020-01-27 — best price $2.992020-05-19 — best price $2.092020-10-15 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-06-05 — best price $1.492021-07-24 — best price $2.992021-11-02 — best price $1.492022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-03-03 — best price $0.892022-07-30 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $0.892023-04-06 — best price $2.992023-07-14 — best price $0.892023-10-24 — best price $2.992024-02-01 — best price $0.892024-05-18 — best price $2.992024-09-12 — best price $0.892024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-02-16 — best price $0.892025-04-15 — best price $2.992025-08-23 — best price $0.892025-12-03 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $0.892026-05-31 — best price $2.992026-08-22 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
57.8%
earned "Baby Bear"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

IndieCasualAdventureTurn-Based

Census log

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

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