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The Inner Friend

PLAYMIND · 2018-09-06

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 27, 2019 (Xbox One), Mar 27, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 06, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Descend into an eerie world made of scattered memories and unresolved traumas and explore a nightmarish landscape where you will come face to face with childhood fears and nightmares.

86%
positive of 57 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Led by a mysterious Shadow, face fears and nightmares inhabiting its materialized subconscious universe. Dive into a unique and eerie world to relive the Shadow’s childhood memories and overcome them to restore what was once a safe haven. You’ll journey ever deeper through the subconscious to unravel a rich but wordless story and encounter gruesome beings that you must evade. Ultimately, however, you will have to face them.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 24,443 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 57 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182025Week of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$7.492018-09-062025-07-102018-09-06 — best price $13.492018-09-13 — best price $14.992018-10-04 — best price $10.172018-10-25 — best price $12.742018-10-31 — best price $14.992018-11-02 — best price $12.742018-11-15 — best price $12.742018-11-22 — best price $12.742018-11-27 — best price $12.742018-12-01 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $11.992019-01-10 — best price $14.992019-05-06 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-05-07 — best price $11.992020-07-08 — best price $9.742020-10-29 — best price $8.992021-01-28 — best price $8.992021-06-24 — best price $7.492023-10-26 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $10.492023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-06-27 — best price $8.992024-10-28 — best price $7.492024-11-27 — best price $11.992024-12-13 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-01-07 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $8.992025-07-02 — best price $7.492025-07-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzleThrillerAdventureNarrationAtmosphericPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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