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The Fall

Over The Moon · 2014-05-30

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 12, 2015 (Wii U), Jul 14, 2015 (PlayStation 4), May 30, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 30, 2014 (Linux), Jul 14, 2015 (Xbox One), May 30, 2014 (Mac)

You are ARID, the AI of a high-tech combat suit crashed on a hostile planet. Your pilot is dying inside you. Your protocols demand you save him — but this world will force you to bend every rule you have. A dark sci-fi puzzle-adventure. Winner of Giant Bomb's Best Story award.

0
playing now
88%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (53 ratings)
4.7h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The Fall is a 2014 action-adventure and side-scrolling platform game by Canadian independent developer Over the Moon. The game was released in May 2014 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux through Steam, GOG, and the Humble Store; released for Wii U through the Nintendo eShop in August 2014; and released for PlayStation 4 through the PlayStation Store and for Xbox One through Xbox Live in July 2015. An improved port of the game was released for the Nintendo Switch via Nintendo eShop in May 2018.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 93k–223k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,710 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-50%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2016-08-02) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 27 of 47 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420172026Week of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-21 — best price $9.992015-11-14 — best price $2.492016-02-23 — best price $2.492016-10-07 — best price $9.992017-07-10 — best price $9.992018-06-25 — best price $6.992019-05-10 — best price $1.992020-01-03 — best price $9.992020-05-28 — best price $9.992020-07-25 — best price $9.992020-09-16 — best price $8.892020-11-06 — best price $9.992021-01-06 — best price $9.992021-02-05 — best price $9.992021-03-09 — best price $8.892021-04-07 — best price $9.992021-05-07 — best price $9.992021-06-06 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-07-04 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $1.992023-09-19 — best price $9.992024-01-12 — best price $0.992024-03-22 — best price $8.692024-07-17 — best price $1.992024-10-15 — best price $4.992025-01-09 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-11 — best price $8.892025-11-30 — best price $9.992026-05-29 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3372026-05-31 — 16 pageviews2026-06-03 — 18 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 17 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 15 pageviews2026-06-18 — 17 pageviews2026-06-21 — 22 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-27 — 13 pageviews2026-06-30 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 23 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-09 — 14 pageviews2026-07-12 — 23 pageviews2026-07-15 — 13 pageviews2026-07-18 — 16 pageviews2026-07-21 — 20 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-02 — 18 pageviews2026-08-05 — 15 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 10 pageviews2026-08-14 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-20 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 18 pageviews2026-08-26 — 27 pageviews2026-08-28 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
56.9%
earned "Allegory"
25.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,01912%17
Xbox One (Xbox)3,22253%17
PS4 (PlayStation)1,34735%17
PS4 (PlayStation)76736%17
Steam (Steam)40%7
Switch (Nintendo)30%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

DarkIndieActionHorrorPuzzleRobotsSci-fiEpisodicAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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