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The Rose and I cover art

The Rose and I

Eugene Chung · Penrose Studios · 2016-04-05

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Apr 05, 2016 (SteamVR)

An immersive, animated VR film. Crafted by the artists, animators and storytellers of Penrose Studios, “The Rose And I” is about loneliness, friendship, love, and loss. Come meet a lonely Rose living in the unlikeliest of places, and join her as she transports you to a brand new universe.

The Rose and I is a Casual and Indie game released in 2016, with Very Positive sentiment from 88% of 189 reviews and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

1
playing now
88%
positive of 189 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2016-04-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520162026Week of 2016-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Mar 2016Jan 2023Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2016 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 11Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 2Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 2Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jan 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportVR OnlyVR SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

VRIndieMovieCasualFree to Play

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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