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The First Tree cover art

The First Tree

David Wehle · 2017-09-14

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 30, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 18, 2018 (iOS), Nov 18, 2018 (Android), Sep 14, 2017 (Mac), Nov 30, 2018 (Xbox One), Oct 16, 2017 (Linux)

A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a son reconnecting with his estranged father in Alaska. Uncover artifacts from the son's life as he becomes intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.

2
playing now
75%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (59 ratings)
1.8h
to beat · rushed 1.3h · completionist 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

The First Tree is a 2017 third-person exploration adventure game developed and published by David Wehle. The game follows a mother fox as she searches for her lost cubs, while the voices of a human couple are overlaid over the fox's journey. The game's visuals and story received both praise and criticism from video game reviewers, while its atmosphere and controls were generally considered calming and clunky, respectively.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 150 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (514 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 146k–350k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,839 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-90%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-03-08) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 35 of 58 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41741720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992017-09-152026-08-302017-09-15 — best price $7.192018-02-15 — best price $6.392018-12-20 — best price $4.992019-04-15 — best price $4.992019-07-29 — best price $9.992019-11-28 — best price $3.992020-01-31 — best price $9.992020-05-16 — best price $9.992020-09-14 — best price $9.992021-01-13 — best price $2.992021-04-05 — best price $9.992021-08-02 — best price $9.992021-11-09 — best price $9.992022-01-31 — best price $9.992022-05-04 — best price $0.992022-08-01 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $0.992023-02-13 — best price $0.992023-05-08 — best price $0.992023-08-07 — best price $9.992023-12-13 — best price $0.992024-02-14 — best price $8.792024-04-10 — best price $1.192024-06-11 — best price $1.192024-09-10 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-03-10 — best price $9.992025-05-02 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-12 — best price $0.992025-10-26 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-20 — best price $0.992026-07-20 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
67.3%
earned "Two Worlds"
11.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudCommentary availableRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,52212%14
Xbox One (Xbox)1,61234%14
PS4 (PlayStation)1,45635%14
Switch (Nintendo)950%0

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

Player tags

IndieShortCasualNatureColorfulRelaxingAdventureNarrationOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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