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The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone cover art

The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone

Cloudhead Games Ltd. · 2017-10-18

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Embark on the sci-fi epic that started it all at the dawn of modern VR, setting standards for roomscale movement and interaction for years to come. Winner of over 30 awards including "VR Game of the Year", The Gallery is VR's premier adventure series.

83%
positive of 408 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (91 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 27,351 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 408 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2022-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days · $11.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
888820172026Week of 2017-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$3.742017-10-192026-10-082017-10-19 — best price $29.992017-12-13 — best price $29.992017-12-21 — best price $23.992018-01-25 — best price $29.992018-02-15 — best price $23.992018-03-27 — best price $29.992018-05-10 — best price $19.792018-07-05 — best price $29.992018-08-30 — best price $19.792018-10-16 — best price $14.992018-10-28 — best price $29.992018-12-20 — best price $14.992019-01-24 — best price $29.992019-03-04 — best price $14.992019-04-14 — best price $29.992019-06-25 — best price $11.992019-07-25 — best price $29.992019-10-09 — best price $7.492019-11-26 — best price $11.992020-01-02 — best price $29.992020-01-22 — best price $11.992020-03-20 — best price $11.992020-05-21 — best price $29.992020-10-21 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $8.992021-04-05 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $10.492021-11-08 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $10.492022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-08-19 — best price $7.492022-11-29 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $7.492026-10-08 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
63%
earned "SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-01-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5071%27

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

Player tags

VR1980sIndieCasualPuzzleAdventureStory RichAtmosphericFirst-PersonGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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