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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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!

The Silent Age is a 2015 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 7190 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

1
playing now
93%
positive of 7.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (68 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (49 downloads)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 3.8h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

The Silent Age trailer thumbnail

The Silent Age - Official Trailer

≈931,292 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 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 4% of 28,845 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 180k–432k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,197 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 1 of 2 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

402026-09-15 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
502May 2015Mar 2026May 2015 — avg 3 · peak 27Aug 2015 — avg 11 · peak 66Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2016 — avg 10 · peak 38May 2016 — avg 11 · peak 73Aug 2016 — avg 6 · peak 21Nov 2016 — avg 50 · peak 452Feb 2017 — avg 14 · peak 40May 2017 — avg 23 · peak 91Aug 2017 — avg 12 · peak 31Nov 2017 — avg 10 · peak 36Feb 2018 — avg 12 · peak 72May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 32Aug 2018 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2018 — avg 6 · peak 21Feb 2019 — avg 9 · peak 29May 2019 — avg 9 · peak 48Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2019 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2020 — avg 7 · peak 34Aug 2020 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2021 — avg 9 · peak 35May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Attention

43172026-06-02 — 26 pageviews2026-06-06 — 20 pageviews2026-06-10 — 38 pageviews2026-06-14 — 33 pageviews2026-06-18 — 32 pageviews2026-06-22 — 29 pageviews2026-06-26 — 26 pageviews2026-06-30 — 36 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-08 — 32 pageviews2026-07-12 — 33 pageviews2026-07-16 — 24 pageviews2026-07-20 — 27 pageviews2026-07-24 — 36 pageviews2026-07-28 — 35 pageviews2026-08-01 — 32 pageviews2026-08-05 — 32 pageviews2026-08-09 — 34 pageviews2026-08-13 — 20 pageviews2026-08-17 — 26 pageviews2026-08-21 — 24 pageviews2026-08-25 — 24 pageviews2026-08-29 — 20 pageviews2026-09-02 — 20 pageviews2026-09-06 — 24 pageviews2026-09-10 — 33 pageviews2026-09-14 — 19 pageviews2026-09-18 — 25 pageviews2026-09-22 — 24 pageviews2026-09-26 — 17 pageviews2026-09-30 — 21 pageviews2026-10-04 — 21 pageviews2026-10-08 — 32 pageviews2026-10-11 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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