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The Long Reach

Painted Black Games · Silver Lining Interactive · 2018-03-14

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 18, 2018 (Xbox One), Mar 14, 2018 (PlayStation Vita), Mar 14, 2018 (Mac), Mar 14, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 14, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Mar 14, 2018 (Linux)

At its heart The Long Reach is an adventure game. Closer inspection also reveals it’s a thrilling horror story, flavoured with sci-fi ideology, psychological context and a skeptical view on the human psyche.

The Long Reach is a 2018 Action, Adventure, and Indie game priced at $1.49, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 502 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 502 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4.02★
PlayStation Store rating (482 ratings)
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 502 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-06-13) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 37 of 103 observed days · $13.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120182026Week of 2018-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.11$1.002018-03-142026-10-142018-03-14 — best price $13.492018-08-06 — best price $6.752018-12-14 — best price $14.992019-06-24 — best price $3.742019-11-26 — best price $2.242020-02-14 — best price $14.622020-05-25 — best price $14.992020-07-10 — best price $14.992020-08-15 — best price $14.992020-10-01 — best price $13.392020-11-09 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $1.122021-02-09 — best price $14.992021-03-20 — best price $14.992021-05-03 — best price $12.632021-06-16 — best price $14.992021-11-25 — best price $11.012022-03-04 — best price $14.992022-06-13 — best price $1.002023-01-02 — best price $2.992023-04-18 — best price $11.892023-07-30 — best price $1.752023-11-10 — best price $2.242024-02-05 — best price $14.992024-04-10 — best price $2.242024-07-13 — best price $14.992024-09-16 — best price $1.792024-12-16 — best price $14.992025-03-28 — best price $14.992025-08-18 — best price $11.012026-02-09 — best price $14.992026-07-23 — best price $14.992026-09-14 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
60.4%
earned "The End"
27.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-03-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,56684%16
Xbox One (Xbox)2,10873%15
PS4 (PlayStation)1,58187%16
Steam (Steam)90517%15
PS Vita (PlayStation)68688%16
PS Vita (PlayStation)60388%16
Switch (Nintendo)210%0

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

Player tags

2DGoreIndieActionHorrorPuzzleViolentAdventureStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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