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The Last Campfire

Hello Games · 2021-10-07

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 07, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 27, 2020 (iOS), Aug 04, 2020 (Mac), Aug 27, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Aug 27, 2020 (Xbox One)

The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way home.

68
playing now
98%
positive of 20k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13,826
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (58 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 3.3h · completionist 6.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

68 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

The Last Campfire is a puzzle video game developed and published by Hello Games. It was released for iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on August 27, 2020.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 68 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,854 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~357/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 408k–918k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,391 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.42-91%
Humble Store$1.49-90%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.04 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 119 of 161 observed days · $0.38 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
70270220212026Week of 2021-10-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 702 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

128322026-08-06 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 59 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 106 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 79 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 113 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 41 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 92 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 121 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 56 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 80 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 32 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 61 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 93 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 67 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 128 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 43 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 56 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 89 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 43 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 47 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 79 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 42 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 53 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 84 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 46 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 42 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 68 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.032020-08-272026-08-292020-08-27 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-01-20 — best price $11.482022-03-06 — best price $14.992022-05-15 — best price $14.992022-07-13 — best price $11.482022-08-22 — best price $3.972022-10-20 — best price $14.992022-12-15 — best price $3.742023-02-04 — best price $11.892023-05-01 — best price $14.992023-07-19 — best price $2.532023-09-19 — best price $3.002023-11-08 — best price $11.862023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-02-08 — best price $2.992024-03-19 — best price $2.852024-04-21 — best price $11.892024-06-03 — best price $11.892024-07-13 — best price $12.492024-08-11 — best price $13.362024-09-29 — best price $11.892024-11-28 — best price $11.482025-01-24 — best price $1.492025-04-01 — best price $14.992025-05-30 — best price $1.052025-07-20 — best price $14.992025-09-02 — best price $10.252025-11-19 — best price $14.992026-01-27 — best price $11.892026-04-01 — best price $13.362026-05-30 — best price $1.502026-07-11 — best price $1.502026-08-20 — best price $1.492026-08-29 — best price $1.42
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

366352026-05-31 — 107 pageviews2026-06-03 — 98 pageviews2026-06-06 — 79 pageviews2026-06-09 — 71 pageviews2026-06-12 — 51 pageviews2026-06-15 — 52 pageviews2026-06-18 — 51 pageviews2026-06-21 — 54 pageviews2026-06-24 — 35 pageviews2026-06-27 — 99 pageviews2026-06-30 — 55 pageviews2026-07-03 — 60 pageviews2026-07-06 — 64 pageviews2026-07-09 — 39 pageviews2026-07-12 — 42 pageviews2026-07-15 — 66 pageviews2026-07-18 — 78 pageviews2026-07-21 — 172 pageviews2026-07-24 — 82 pageviews2026-07-27 — 72 pageviews2026-07-30 — 66 pageviews2026-08-02 — 46 pageviews2026-08-05 — 50 pageviews2026-08-08 — 40 pageviews2026-08-11 — 366 pageviews2026-08-14 — 103 pageviews2026-08-17 — 106 pageviews2026-08-20 — 93 pageviews2026-08-23 — 85 pageviews2026-08-26 — 76 pageviews2026-08-28 — 61 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
90%
earned "A Journey Begins"
35.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,98248%22
PS4 (PlayStation)5,26077%23
Xbox One (Xbox)2,50348%22
Switch (Nintendo)4630%0

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

Player tags

CuteIndiePuzzleFantasyRelaxingAdventureEmotionalNarrationSoundtrackStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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