The Game Census
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The Search

Jason Godbey · 2017-04-13

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 13, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!

1
playing now
73%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 11,322 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,380 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2025-03-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.792017-04-142026-07-272017-04-14 — best price $2.992017-09-04 — best price $3.992017-12-21 — best price $1.592018-04-23 — best price $3.992018-10-08 — best price $0.992018-11-28 — best price $3.992019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-05-27 — best price $3.992019-10-14 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $3.992020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-05-11 — best price $3.992020-09-14 — best price $1.192020-11-23 — best price $3.992021-01-21 — best price $1.192021-03-24 — best price $3.992021-08-01 — best price $1.192021-12-01 — best price $3.992022-04-27 — best price $1.192022-07-07 — best price $3.992022-11-02 — best price $1.192022-12-21 — best price $3.992023-03-05 — best price $1.192023-05-01 — best price $3.992023-07-21 — best price $1.192023-11-16 — best price $3.992024-01-07 — best price $1.192024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $1.192024-09-08 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $1.192025-03-12 — best price $3.992025-05-27 — best price $0.992025-07-25 — best price $3.992025-10-27 — best price $1.192026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $1.192026-06-13 — best price $3.992026-07-27 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
67.5%
earned "Price of Admission"
37%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, Japanese, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,14550%9

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

Player tags

CasualPuzzleMysterySurrealColorfulRelaxingNarrationStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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