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The Companion

David Fazzio · Studio 46 · 2021-05-13

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 13, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 28, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

A cinematic gaming experience. Play as an animal in the spiritual realm. Explore a magical world. Collect Essence and find Artifacts. Journey across seven majestic landscapes and witness the emotional story of a family as they tackle the challenges ahead of them.

74%
positive of 121 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

This is a single player narrative. It is a story of mystery, intrigue, and adventure. Journey across seven majestic landscapes and witness the emotional story of a family as they tackle the challenges ahead of them. One step at a time, together.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 133% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 16,553 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 121 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2022-11-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 41 of 73 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120212026Week of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.992021-05-132026-09-102021-05-13 — best price $12.742021-11-11 — best price $7.492022-03-31 — best price $5.992022-06-22 — best price $14.992022-09-01 — best price $9.992022-11-18 — best price $0.992023-01-10 — best price $9.992023-02-18 — best price $9.992023-04-04 — best price $9.992023-07-11 — best price $9.992023-09-19 — best price $9.992023-11-13 — best price $2.492023-12-13 — best price $0.992024-02-06 — best price $0.992024-03-25 — best price $4.992024-05-10 — best price $2.502024-06-27 — best price $1.002024-08-14 — best price $9.992024-09-28 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $1.292025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-02-13 — best price $1.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-06-02 — best price $3.992025-07-14 — best price $3.992025-08-18 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-16 — best price $9.992026-01-08 — best price $2.992026-02-23 — best price $9.992026-04-06 — best price $9.992026-05-20 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-09-10 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
70.4%
earned "A Memorable Place "
13%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, German, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Russian, French, Korean

Player tags

3DCozyCuteCasualColorfulRelaxingStylizedLore-RichWholesomeOpen World

Census log

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

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