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The Pathless

Giant Squid · Annapurna Interactive · 2021-11-16

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

The Pathless is a 2021 Action, Adventure and Indie game priced at $7.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 2202 reviews).

16
playing now
91%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (47 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (440 downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (1,710 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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

Healthy
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 223 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 44k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,202 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$6.29-84%
IndieGala$6.29-84%
Fanatical$6.39-84%
Gamesplanet$6.81-83%
Steam$7.99-80%
WinGameStore$7.99-80%
GamersGate$8.00-80%
GreenManGaming$8.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.32 at GameBillet (2026-09-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 109 of 140 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18618620212026Week of 2021-11-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1612026-09-15 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
534Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 53 · peak 114Jan 2022 — avg 15 · peak 71Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9May 2022 — avg 12 · peak 71Jul 2022 — avg 14 · peak 42Sep 2022 — avg 9 · peak 26Nov 2022 — avg 10 · peak 33Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 34Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 17May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 25Jul 2023 — avg 17 · peak 71Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 25Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 29Jul 2024 — avg 12 · peak 36Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 23Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 40May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Jul 2025 — avg 11 · peak 37Sep 2025 — avg 13 · peak 42Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 27Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$6.292019-07-192026-10-122019-07-19 — best price $29.992021-12-18 — best price $39.992022-01-18 — best price $39.992022-03-21 — best price $19.252022-05-01 — best price $15.292022-06-09 — best price $39.992022-08-02 — best price $35.952022-10-08 — best price $35.152023-01-04 — best price $30.652023-02-21 — best price $19.602023-04-28 — best price $19.992023-06-27 — best price $33.172023-08-21 — best price $15.892023-10-19 — best price $30.652023-12-13 — best price $15.992024-02-11 — best price $14.312024-03-26 — best price $30.592024-04-29 — best price $14.942024-06-13 — best price $39.992024-08-02 — best price $30.652024-11-16 — best price $31.882025-01-19 — best price $30.652025-02-25 — best price $30.652025-04-27 — best price $28.792025-07-25 — best price $30.652025-10-07 — best price $6.912025-12-19 — best price $10.002026-02-22 — best price $9.992026-04-16 — best price $39.992026-05-28 — best price $39.992026-07-16 — best price $9.992026-08-23 — best price $7.992026-09-15 — best price $6.292026-10-12 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

95422026-05-31 — 85 pageviews2026-06-04 — 65 pageviews2026-06-08 — 72 pageviews2026-06-12 — 51 pageviews2026-06-16 — 63 pageviews2026-06-20 — 48 pageviews2026-06-24 — 56 pageviews2026-06-28 — 95 pageviews2026-07-02 — 49 pageviews2026-07-06 — 87 pageviews2026-07-10 — 58 pageviews2026-07-14 — 65 pageviews2026-07-18 — 73 pageviews2026-07-22 — 43 pageviews2026-07-26 — 66 pageviews2026-07-30 — 59 pageviews2026-08-03 — 59 pageviews2026-08-07 — 62 pageviews2026-08-11 — 79 pageviews2026-08-15 — 64 pageviews2026-08-19 — 72 pageviews2026-08-23 — 69 pageviews2026-08-27 — 61 pageviews2026-08-31 — 52 pageviews2026-09-04 — 60 pageviews2026-09-08 — 49 pageviews2026-09-12 — 53 pageviews2026-09-16 — 46 pageviews2026-09-20 — 49 pageviews2026-09-24 — 87 pageviews2026-09-28 — 55 pageviews2026-10-02 — 74 pageviews2026-10-06 — 47 pageviews2026-10-10 — 85 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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-11-16 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

MusicActionNatureArcheryFantasyStylizedAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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