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The Almost Gone cover art

The Almost Gone

Happy Volcano · 2020-06-25

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: May 05, 2020 (iOS), Jun 25, 2020 (Mac), Jun 25, 2020 (Android), Jun 25, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 25, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.

The Almost Gone is a 2020 Adventure, Indie game priced at $3.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 1226 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

3
playing now
80%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Almost Gone is a 2020 video game created by independent developer Happy Volcano and published by Playdigious. The game is a puzzle game in which the player investigates and rotates three-dimensional rooms to uncover the story of Emily, a girl who has recently died, and unearth the secrets of her family. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews, with critics praising the game's visual presentation and exploration of serious themes, whilst critiquing the execution of its narrative and aspects of its gameplay. During development and release, The Almost Gone received several accolades from European independent game events, including awards for 'Game of the Year' at the 2021 Flanders DC Belgian Game Awards.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 84% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,229 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.69 at GameBillet (2021-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620202026Week of 2020-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
171Jul 2020Jul 2025Jul 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 32Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2021 — avg 17 · peak 146Jul 2021 — avg 6 · peak 24Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 7 · peak 29Jan 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2022 — avg 8 · peak 41Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 23Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 20Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 28Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 13Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 19Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2025 — avg 1 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jul 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.10$1.692020-06-252026-08-222020-06-25 — best price $11.242020-07-21 — best price $12.442020-08-04 — best price $13.392020-08-20 — best price $13.392020-09-17 — best price $9.992020-10-04 — best price $8.892020-10-19 — best price $8.892020-11-03 — best price $9.992020-11-18 — best price $9.992020-12-05 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $4.472021-01-14 — best price $4.992021-02-16 — best price $8.382021-03-04 — best price $8.382021-03-19 — best price $8.382021-04-05 — best price $8.382021-04-20 — best price $7.992021-06-03 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-08-23 — best price $3.992021-10-01 — best price $7.652021-11-15 — best price $7.652021-12-03 — best price $7.652021-12-22 — best price $1.692022-02-01 — best price $1.982022-02-28 — best price $2.002022-05-17 — best price $8.382022-09-05 — best price $1.992022-12-23 — best price $8.982023-07-24 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $1.992026-02-02 — best price $1.992026-08-22 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1712026-05-29 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 8 pageviews2026-07-08 — 3 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-25 — 10 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 3 pageviews2026-09-06 — 11 pageviews2026-09-10 — 6 pageviews2026-09-14 — 4 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 8 pageviews2026-09-30 — 9 pageviews2026-10-04 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
94.1%
earned "Where am I?"
44.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Dutch

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-06-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,45627%12
Switch (Nintendo)280%0
Switch (Nintendo)170%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

IndiePuzzleMysterySurrealStylizedAdventureBeautifulEmotionalIsometricMinimalist

Census log

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

Recent updates

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