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The Great Perhaps cover art

The Great Perhaps

Caligari Games · Daedalic Entertainment · 2019-08-14

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 10, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 10, 2020 (Xbox One), Aug 14, 2019 (Mac), Aug 14, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 10, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Aug 14, 2019 (Linux)

The Great Perhaps is a time travel puzzle game about an astronaut returning to Earth destroyed by natural cataclysms. There, among the ruins he finds an unusual artifact — an old lantern, in the light of which you can see glimpses of another time and travel to the past.

0
playing now
81%
positive of 857 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 11,322 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 857 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Fanatical (2022-11-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 24 of 42 observed days · $0.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.36$0.752019-08-142026-08-302019-08-14 — best price $8.992019-11-21 — best price $4.992020-01-14 — best price $10.402020-02-24 — best price $4.002020-04-19 — best price $3.332020-06-22 — best price $2.192020-08-03 — best price $2.492020-09-28 — best price $2.492020-11-05 — best price $1.992020-12-31 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $2.002021-04-01 — best price $1.792021-05-09 — best price $9.992021-06-28 — best price $9.992021-09-10 — best price $1.492021-11-08 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-03-04 — best price $9.992022-04-30 — best price $9.992022-06-18 — best price $9.992022-08-14 — best price $0.852022-10-13 — best price $9.992022-12-07 — best price $9.992023-02-08 — best price $9.992023-05-01 — best price $0.892023-07-18 — best price $9.992023-09-13 — best price $9.992023-11-29 — best price $9.992024-02-01 — best price $9.992024-04-01 — best price $7.992024-05-13 — best price $9.992024-07-12 — best price $7.342024-09-07 — best price $9.992024-11-16 — best price $7.342025-01-13 — best price $7.342025-05-01 — best price $7.342025-07-07 — best price $9.992025-10-20 — best price $9.992026-07-14 — best price $0.992026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
90.2%
earned "Certified Time Traveler"
40.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)1,03573%14
Steam (Steam)76845%14
PS4 (PlayStation)27662%14
PS4 (PlayStation)17462%14
Switch (Nintendo)140%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieShortCasualHorrorPuzzleSci-fiMysteryAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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