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THE NORMAL THING

Orata Studio · 2020-12-10

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 11, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 11, 2020 (Mac)

THE NORMAL THING is a story about a dog who lost his memory. Sunless forests, strange gardens, weird inhabitants... Start a little journey to retrieve your memory.

0
playing now
95%
positive of 493 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 41% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10822%17

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

Player tags

2DIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryTop-DownAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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