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The Pathless

Giant Squid · Annapurna Interactive · 2021-11-16

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 12, 2020 (Mac), Nov 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 12, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Nov 12, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Nov 12, 2020 (iOS), Feb 02, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.

9
playing now
91%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (47 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

The Pathless is an action-adventure video game developed by Giant Squid and published by Annapurna Interactive. Players control a nameless character, referred to as The Hunter, who travels to a mythical island shrouded in a supernatural curse. Instead of relying on traditional objective markers, the game focuses on intuitive exploration, archery-based movement and fluid traversal across forests, plains and ruins. Progress revolves around restoring light to regions controlled by corrupted gods, which culminates in boss encounters that blend chases, aerial movement and archery. The narrative is delivered through environmental storytelling and remnants of a fallen civilisation, keeping dialogue minimal.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,171 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.59-76%
Steam$7.99-80%
IndieGala$8.08-80%
Gamesplanet$9.49-76%
Humble Store$9.99-75%
GameBillet$10.00-75%
GamersGate$10.00-75%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.33 at GameBillet (2025-09-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 95 of 125 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

3232026-08-11 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 30 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 14 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 18 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 32 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 17 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 31 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$6.812019-07-192026-08-302019-07-19 — best price $29.992021-12-09 — best price $23.992022-01-11 — best price $30.652022-02-10 — best price $33.952022-04-07 — best price $19.992022-05-10 — best price $39.992022-06-09 — best price $39.992022-07-29 — best price $35.952022-09-19 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-01-12 — best price $30.962023-03-04 — best price $31.882023-04-28 — best price $19.992023-06-19 — best price $16.792023-08-03 — best price $39.992023-09-15 — best price $17.002023-11-04 — best price $39.992023-12-21 — best price $15.102024-02-11 — best price $14.312024-03-19 — best price $19.602024-04-22 — best price $31.882024-05-23 — best price $15.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-08-08 — best price $33.992024-11-16 — best price $31.882025-01-11 — best price $31.882025-02-15 — best price $35.892025-03-24 — best price $28.792025-06-09 — best price $39.992025-08-14 — best price $9.992025-10-07 — best price $6.912025-12-12 — best price $9.992026-02-05 — best price $9.992026-03-25 — best price $10.002026-04-26 — best price $35.892026-06-03 — best price $28.792026-07-16 — best price $9.992026-08-17 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $8.08
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

95402026-05-31 — 85 pageviews2026-06-03 — 67 pageviews2026-06-06 — 68 pageviews2026-06-09 — 86 pageviews2026-06-12 — 51 pageviews2026-06-15 — 46 pageviews2026-06-18 — 46 pageviews2026-06-21 — 68 pageviews2026-06-24 — 56 pageviews2026-06-27 — 72 pageviews2026-06-30 — 51 pageviews2026-07-03 — 58 pageviews2026-07-06 — 87 pageviews2026-07-09 — 56 pageviews2026-07-12 — 58 pageviews2026-07-15 — 45 pageviews2026-07-18 — 73 pageviews2026-07-21 — 60 pageviews2026-07-24 — 62 pageviews2026-07-27 — 64 pageviews2026-07-30 — 59 pageviews2026-08-02 — 59 pageviews2026-08-05 — 56 pageviews2026-08-08 — 64 pageviews2026-08-11 — 79 pageviews2026-08-14 — 70 pageviews2026-08-17 — 62 pageviews2026-08-20 — 63 pageviews2026-08-23 — 69 pageviews2026-08-26 — 58 pageviews2026-08-28 — 62 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
73.6%
earned "The Adventure Begins"
25.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)5,45546%43
Steam (Steam)1,46819%43
PS4 (PlayStation)97942%43
Xbox One (Xbox)13319%42
Switch (Nintendo)660%0

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

Player tags

MusicActionNatureArcheryFantasyStylizedAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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