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The Rewinder

MistyMountainStudio · Gamirror Games · 2021-09-09

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2021 (Mac), Sep 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 10, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 29, 2024 (Xbox One), Apr 29, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

The Rewinder is an adventure puzzle game based on Chinese mythology. You play as Yun, the last known Rewinder, who can communicate with spirits and explore other people's memories to alter the past.

8
playing now
96%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

At the request of the Spirit Wardens, Qi Yun goes to a small village to investigate why a spirit couldn't be reincarnated. The once thriving village has been deserted and filled with resentful spirits, leaving one woman alone in the teahouse. Who's she waiting for? Where did all the other villagers go? What really happened seven years ago?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 158 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,988 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 147k–331k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,363 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.39-11%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.95 at GameBillet (2026-03-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 78 of 108 observed days · $0.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 1,937 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2002026-08-07 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.202021-09-102026-08-302021-09-10 — best price $13.492022-01-27 — best price $11.992022-10-25 — best price $8.992023-04-11 — best price $8.992023-11-02 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $7.492024-04-19 — best price $6.742024-05-31 — best price $11.892024-07-30 — best price $7.492024-08-21 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $14.992024-10-02 — best price $8.992024-11-01 — best price $7.492024-12-03 — best price $13.792025-01-03 — best price $7.422025-01-23 — best price $5.242025-02-21 — best price $14.992025-03-19 — best price $7.492025-04-18 — best price $5.992025-06-17 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-07-24 — best price $6.432025-08-07 — best price $7.292025-08-29 — best price $6.242025-10-06 — best price $7.422025-10-27 — best price $14.992025-11-12 — best price $7.502025-11-25 — best price $14.992026-01-03 — best price $5.992026-02-04 — best price $5.242026-02-23 — best price $14.992026-03-14 — best price $10.252026-04-07 — best price $7.422026-04-23 — best price $6.292026-05-21 — best price $13.392026-06-18 — best price $7.492026-08-17 — best price $5.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
94.1%
earned "A Stolen Moment of Reprieve"
55%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

4 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)3,28123%29
Steam (Steam)96619%29
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2DDramaIndieComedyHorrorPuzzleMysteryThrillerAdventureDetective

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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