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The Sun Will Rise

The Sun Will Rise Team · 2016-10-03

Steam

ActionAdventureFree To PlayIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 03, 2016 (Mac), Oct 03, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Sun Will Rise is a completely free Final Fantasy-style game about depression. Made by an international development team of gamers and mental health professionals, it is designed above all else to be a rewarding playing experience with a positive message behind it.

The Sun Will Rise is an Action, Adventure, Free To Play, Indie game released in 2016, free-to-play, with Mixed reviews (57% of 74 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
57%
positive of 74 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (27 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420162025Week of 2016-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGIndieActionRPGMakerAdventureFree to Play

Census log

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

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