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The Orphan Dreams

Tayfun Tuna · 2016-04-27

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 27, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Orphan Dreams is a permadeath adventure game combined with RPG elements. Step into the universe of The Orphan, who in his dream finds a letter from his own mother he has never seen before.

65%
positive of 62 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.74
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 25,707 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 62 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.74-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.51 at Steam (2020-03-30) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320162026Week of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$0.512015-01-282026-10-012015-01-28 — best price $2.992016-06-23 — best price $3.742016-07-25 — best price $4.992016-10-28 — best price $1.242016-11-29 — best price $4.992017-01-09 — best price $1.692017-05-08 — best price $1.352017-07-05 — best price $3.992017-10-23 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $3.992018-03-28 — best price $2.992018-12-03 — best price $3.992019-03-11 — best price $2.792019-07-09 — best price $3.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992020-01-02 — best price $3.992020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-10-05 — best price $3.992021-10-14 — best price $6.992022-02-21 — best price $4.682022-09-12 — best price $6.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-01-23 — best price $2.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992024-01-16 — best price $2.992024-04-08 — best price $2.002024-05-27 — best price $2.992024-09-21 — best price $1.012024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $0.592025-05-05 — best price $2.992025-09-30 — best price $0.892026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-08-13 — best price $2.992026-10-01 — best price $0.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Turkish, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Ukrainian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-04-27 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualAdventure

Census log

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

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