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The Silent Age cover art

The Silent Age

House On Fire · 2015-05-29

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 23, 2013 (Android), Feb 21, 2013 (iOS), May 29, 2015 (Mac), May 29, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience a post-apocalyptic world like never before in The Silent Age, a thrilling point-and-click adventure game. Use time travel to unravel the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and save the world from extinction. Start your journey now!

2
playing now
93%
positive of 7.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (68 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 3.8h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

The Silent Age is a point and click adventure game, developed by Danish indie game studio House on Fire, and released for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Kindle Fire, Windows, Mac. The game's story focuses on a janitor who is plunged into a task of saving humanity from an apocalyptic event by using time travel, discovering the future that will come about if the event is not prevented. The game was originally released as two episodes, before both were packaged together for sale, and received positive reviews from critics upon its release.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 76 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 180k–431k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,190 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at GreenManGaming (2019-12-13) · bundled 17×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
888820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.77$0.992015-05-292026-01-052015-05-29 — best price $6.492015-07-15 — best price $9.992015-09-16 — best price $2.492015-12-07 — best price $2.492016-02-08 — best price $9.992016-05-03 — best price $9.992016-08-01 — best price $4.992016-10-10 — best price $0.992016-11-30 — best price $9.992017-02-23 — best price $1.992017-04-24 — best price $9.992017-07-03 — best price $0.992017-09-14 — best price $9.992017-12-11 — best price $0.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-05-01 — best price $0.992018-09-13 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-05-10 — best price $0.992019-09-12 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-05-18 — best price $8.932020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-07-26 — best price $0.992021-12-13 — best price $1.992022-04-11 — best price $9.992022-07-12 — best price $9.992022-10-04 — best price $9.992022-12-12 — best price $1.992023-02-20 — best price $2.492023-04-20 — best price $9.992023-08-14 — best price $1.992023-10-09 — best price $9.992023-11-25 — best price $1.992024-01-19 — best price $2.002024-03-11 — best price $9.992024-05-13 — best price $9.992024-07-01 — best price $1.982024-08-15 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
75.2%
earned "Working for the Man"
47.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,71039%24

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

Player tags

2DLinearPuzzleSci-fiAdventureDetectiveStory RichExplorationSingleplayerPoint & Click

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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