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The Local

Tobey Gronow · JINC · 2025-02-26

Steam

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Feb 26, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A fast-paced movement game, loosely inspired by Surf and B-Hop. Featuring 5 gamemodes, multiplayer, and a large, playground-like world. Master the movement, and conquer the leaderboards.

95%
positive of 511 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (112 reviews).
  • · Top 39% of 12,923 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11111120252026Week of 2025-02-27: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

12
achievements tracked
98.8%
earned "Beautiful Day For A Run"
1.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsStereo SoundPartial Controller Support1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5631%12

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

Census log

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

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