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THE LONGING

Studio Seufz · Application Systems Heidelberg · 2020-03-05

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 05, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 05, 2020 (Mac), Apr 14, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 29, 2023 (Android), Mar 05, 2020 (Linux)

An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.

68
playing now
92%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
30h
to beat · completionist 4412h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$10.49
steam price (US)

68 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The Longing is a 2020 point-and-click adventure game created by independent developer Studio Seufz. Set in an underground kingdom, the player controls the Shade, a creature tasked with watching over a sleeping king for 400 days. The Shade performs recreational activities, including reading and exploring, as it waits out the 400 days in real time. The in-game timer continues regardless of the player's actions but moves faster if the Shade performs certain actions inside its home, such as decorating the walls with drawings.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 68 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 387 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~48/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 149k–335k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,434 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$10.49-30%
GOG$11.25-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.49 at Steam (2026-08-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 38 of 62 observed days · $0.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
64164120202026Week of 2020-03-01: 641 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

10802026-08-07 00:00 — 43 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 50 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 51 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 44 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 43 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 49 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 44 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 54 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 51 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 50 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 32 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 46 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 37 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 33 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 45 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 32 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 48 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 46 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 107 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 108 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 68 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$11.192020-03-052026-08-302020-03-05 — best price $14.992020-06-01 — best price $11.992020-08-30 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-02-01 — best price $14.992021-04-12 — best price $11.992021-05-27 — best price $14.992021-09-20 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-05-12 — best price $14.992022-07-25 — best price $11.242022-10-10 — best price $14.992022-12-01 — best price $14.992023-01-23 — best price $14.992023-05-04 — best price $11.242023-06-17 — best price $14.992023-09-13 — best price $11.242023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-23 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $11.242024-05-21 — best price $14.992024-07-25 — best price $14.992024-09-19 — best price $14.992024-11-26 — best price $11.242025-02-05 — best price $11.242025-04-24 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $11.242025-09-02 — best price $14.992025-11-13 — best price $11.242026-01-26 — best price $14.992026-04-09 — best price $11.252026-06-25 — best price $11.242026-08-29 — best price $11.252026-08-30 — best price $11.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

257692026-05-28 — 206 pageviews2026-05-31 — 138 pageviews2026-06-03 — 153 pageviews2026-06-06 — 77 pageviews2026-06-09 — 101 pageviews2026-06-12 — 111 pageviews2026-06-15 — 132 pageviews2026-06-18 — 109 pageviews2026-06-21 — 94 pageviews2026-06-24 — 112 pageviews2026-06-27 — 100 pageviews2026-06-30 — 156 pageviews2026-07-03 — 257 pageviews2026-07-06 — 140 pageviews2026-07-09 — 102 pageviews2026-07-12 — 94 pageviews2026-07-15 — 84 pageviews2026-07-18 — 109 pageviews2026-07-21 — 108 pageviews2026-07-24 — 92 pageviews2026-07-27 — 162 pageviews2026-07-30 — 103 pageviews2026-08-02 — 112 pageviews2026-08-05 — 124 pageviews2026-08-08 — 92 pageviews2026-08-11 — 99 pageviews2026-08-14 — 86 pageviews2026-08-17 — 84 pageviews2026-08-20 — 87 pageviews2026-08-23 — 99 pageviews2026-08-25 — 69 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2102026-08-27 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
53.5%
earned "The Halls of Eternity"
31.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, German, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,95818%25
Switch (Nintendo)540%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGIdlerPuzzleHand-drawnStory RichAtmosphericExplorationUndergroundSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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