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The Unfinished Swan cover art

The Unfinished Swan

Giant Sparrow · Annapurna Interactive · 2020-09-10

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2020 (Mac), Oct 28, 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Oct 28, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Oct 23, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Sep 10, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 10, 2020 (iOS)

From the creators of What Remains of Edith Finch. Enter the surreal world of The Unfinished Swan and explore a mysterious, hidden kingdom by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.

10
playing now
83%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (113 ratings)
2.9h
to beat · rushed 1.5h · completionist 4h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.74
steam price (US)

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

The Unfinished Swan is an adventure video game developed by Giant Sparrow and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 in October 2012. The game starts with a completely white space in which the player, a boy named Monroe, is chasing after a swan that has escaped a painting, while simultaneously learning the story of a lonely king. The PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions of the game, which was developed by Armature Studio, was released in October 2014. The game was released on Microsoft Windows and iOS by Annapurna Interactive in September 2020.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 22% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 40k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,022 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.79-77%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.89 at IndieGala Store (2026-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 84 of 111 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1002026-08-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.632020-09-102026-08-262020-09-10 — best price $13.492021-03-25 — best price $10.492021-11-23 — best price $7.492022-01-06 — best price $11.482022-02-09 — best price $12.742022-04-07 — best price $5.992022-05-10 — best price $14.992022-06-07 — best price $3.392022-07-22 — best price $4.492022-08-30 — best price $3.392022-11-08 — best price $11.892023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-02-19 — best price $14.992023-04-17 — best price $4.442023-05-30 — best price $11.892023-07-31 — best price $11.482023-09-15 — best price $5.102023-11-04 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $4.442024-02-11 — best price $4.452024-03-15 — best price $4.192024-04-23 — best price $12.742024-05-31 — best price $4.162024-07-22 — best price $4.492024-08-12 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $4.942025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-05-27 — best price $3.922025-08-14 — best price $4.942025-10-07 — best price $3.422025-12-06 — best price $14.992026-02-05 — best price $4.942026-03-30 — best price $4.942026-05-08 — best price $13.052026-06-25 — best price $2.632026-07-31 — best price $2.632026-08-26 — best price $2.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

128712026-05-31 — 113 pageviews2026-06-03 — 127 pageviews2026-06-06 — 105 pageviews2026-06-09 — 111 pageviews2026-06-12 — 85 pageviews2026-06-15 — 104 pageviews2026-06-18 — 94 pageviews2026-06-21 — 103 pageviews2026-06-24 — 89 pageviews2026-06-27 — 97 pageviews2026-06-30 — 111 pageviews2026-07-03 — 101 pageviews2026-07-06 — 108 pageviews2026-07-09 — 102 pageviews2026-07-12 — 106 pageviews2026-07-15 — 83 pageviews2026-07-18 — 105 pageviews2026-07-21 — 112 pageviews2026-07-24 — 96 pageviews2026-07-27 — 93 pageviews2026-07-30 — 99 pageviews2026-08-02 — 92 pageviews2026-08-05 — 97 pageviews2026-08-08 — 112 pageviews2026-08-11 — 113 pageviews2026-08-14 — 82 pageviews2026-08-17 — 105 pageviews2026-08-20 — 88 pageviews2026-08-23 — 116 pageviews2026-08-26 — 79 pageviews2026-08-27 — 110 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
67.7%
earned "Painter"
20.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)23,53522%10
PS3 (PlayStation)15,90730%10
PS Vita (PlayStation)6,40435%10
Steam (Steam)2,25325%10

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

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzleMysterySurrealAdventureBeautifulMinimalistStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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