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THE LONGING

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

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

THE LONGING is a 2020 Adventure, Indie, and RPG game priced at $10.49, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 7,458 reviews).

25
playing now
92%
positive of 7.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$10.49
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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.

Trailer

THE LONGING trailer thumbnail

THE LONGING Official Game Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 25 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 4% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 149k–336k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,458 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.49-30%

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 72 of 100 observed days · at its 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

60232026-09-15 13:00 — 53 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 55 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 28 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 37 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 48 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 29 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 41 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 52 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 41 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 48 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 49 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 42 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 27 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 36 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 43 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 35 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 54 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 51 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 30 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 52 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 51 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 44 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
53145Mar 2020Aug 2026Mar 2020 — avg 531 · peak 1,051May 2020 — avg 196 · peak 477Jul 2020 — avg 105 · peak 198Sep 2020 — avg 304 · peak 595Nov 2020 — avg 123 · peak 252Jan 2021 — avg 254 · peak 618Mar 2021 — avg 96 · peak 203May 2021 — avg 98 · peak 190Jul 2021 — avg 88 · peak 140Sep 2021 — avg 65 · peak 107Nov 2021 — avg 72 · peak 133Jan 2022 — avg 101 · peak 173Mar 2022 — avg 54 · peak 100May 2022 — avg 49 · peak 93Jul 2022 — avg 82 · peak 168Sep 2022 — avg 54 · peak 108Nov 2022 — avg 50 · peak 92Jan 2023 — avg 82 · peak 168Mar 2023 — avg 45 · peak 100May 2023 — avg 91 · peak 184Jul 2023 — avg 78 · peak 127Sep 2023 — avg 60 · peak 118Nov 2023 — avg 56 · peak 106Jan 2024 — avg 121 · peak 210Mar 2024 — avg 62 · peak 112May 2024 — avg 59 · peak 110Jul 2024 — avg 61 · peak 110Sep 2024 — avg 69 · peak 142Nov 2024 — avg 110 · peak 215Jan 2025 — avg 88 · peak 160Mar 2025 — avg 81 · peak 163May 2025 — avg 61 · peak 120Jul 2025 — avg 60 · peak 102Sep 2025 — avg 57 · peak 97Nov 2025 — avg 53 · peak 98Jan 2026 — avg 73 · peak 120Mar 2026 — avg 56 · peak 139May 2026 — avg 47 · peak 94Jul 2026 — avg 53 · peak 91Aug 2026 — avg 50 · peak 150
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$10.492020-03-052026-10-152020-03-05 — 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 $11.252026-09-10 — best price $10.492026-09-22 — best price $14.992026-10-04 — best price $10.492026-10-15 — best price $10.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

257732026-05-28 — 206 pageviews2026-06-01 — 159 pageviews2026-06-05 — 115 pageviews2026-06-09 — 101 pageviews2026-06-13 — 139 pageviews2026-06-17 — 117 pageviews2026-06-21 — 94 pageviews2026-06-25 — 115 pageviews2026-06-29 — 146 pageviews2026-07-03 — 257 pageviews2026-07-07 — 122 pageviews2026-07-11 — 78 pageviews2026-07-15 — 84 pageviews2026-07-19 — 93 pageviews2026-07-23 — 96 pageviews2026-07-27 — 162 pageviews2026-07-31 — 96 pageviews2026-08-04 — 112 pageviews2026-08-08 — 92 pageviews2026-08-12 — 191 pageviews2026-08-16 — 89 pageviews2026-08-20 — 87 pageviews2026-08-24 — 102 pageviews2026-08-28 — 96 pageviews2026-09-01 — 73 pageviews2026-09-05 — 81 pageviews2026-09-09 — 103 pageviews2026-09-13 — 103 pageviews2026-09-17 — 87 pageviews2026-09-21 — 84 pageviews2026-09-25 — 96 pageviews2026-09-29 — 104 pageviews2026-10-03 — 98 pageviews2026-10-07 — 103 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-04-04 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGIdlerPuzzleHand-drawnStory RichAtmosphericExplorationUndergroundSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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