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The Pedestrian cover art

The Pedestrian

Skookum Arts · 2020-01-29

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 29, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jan 29, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 18, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 29, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jan 29, 2020 (Mac), Jan 04, 2022 (Xbox One)

I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

6
playing now
97%
positive of 6.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (61 ratings)
4.5h
to beat · rushed 3.5h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The Pedestrian is a side scrolling puzzle-platform game developed and published by American studio Skookum Arts LLC. The game was originally released in January 2020 for Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. In August 2020, a port for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 was announced for January 2021, during a State of Play presentation. It later released for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in January 2022. It was eventually released on the Nintendo Switch in January 18, 2024.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 318 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~40/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 122k–274k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,087 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at GOG (2024-12-12) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 22 of 45 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31131120202026Week of 2020-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-08-06 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992020-01-292026-08-302020-01-29 — best price $17.992020-05-04 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $12.992021-01-04 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $13.992021-04-09 — best price $13.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-11-26 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $7.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-04-24 — best price $7.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $6.992024-04-04 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-03-14 — best price $19.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-06-16 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $19.992025-10-20 — best price $5.992025-12-11 — best price $4.992026-02-04 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-22 — best price $4.992026-06-09 — best price $4.992026-07-16 — best price $4.992026-08-27 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

37452026-05-29 — 10 pageviews2026-06-01 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 10 pageviews2026-06-07 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 12 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 19 pageviews2026-06-25 — 83 pageviews2026-06-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-01 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 20 pageviews2026-07-07 — 9 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 21 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 10 pageviews2026-08-03 — 14 pageviews2026-08-06 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 10 pageviews2026-08-15 — 12 pageviews2026-08-18 — 14 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
77.6%
earned "I knew I'd find it here in the warehouse"
36.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)17,33255%10
PS5 (PlayStation)11,70360%10
PS4 (PlayStation)8,55165%10
Steam (Steam)6,00448%10
Switch (Nintendo)530%0

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

Player tags

3D2.5DLogicPuzzleMysteryBuildingColorfulRelaxingAdventurePlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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