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The Way

Puzzling Dream · PlayWay S.A. · 2016-05-20

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 04, 2017 (Xbox One), May 20, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 20, 2016 (Linux), May 20, 2016 (Mac)

Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.

The Way is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 1315 reviews).

1
playing now
83%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The Way is a 2D cinematic platform game released for Microsoft Windows in 2016 and Nintendo Switch in 2019. It was developed by Puzzling Dream and published by PlayWay. It tells the story of a space explorer who is unable to accept the death of his wife. Finding ancient writings on eternal existence during one of his last expeditions, he returns to the site in search of a way to bring her back to life.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 33k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,315 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.89-94%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.68 at GamersGate (2025-06-23) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 108 of 137 observed days · $0.21 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.682016-05-202026-10-142016-05-20 — best price $12.742016-09-08 — best price $9.742016-12-19 — best price $14.992017-04-24 — best price $6.742017-09-21 — best price $14.992018-04-20 — best price $14.992018-10-30 — best price $2.992019-02-18 — best price $14.992019-07-19 — best price $2.242019-11-16 — best price $14.992020-01-18 — best price $14.992020-05-11 — best price $14.992020-08-11 — best price $1.122020-11-21 — best price $11.422021-04-02 — best price $1.502021-06-19 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $1.492022-04-18 — best price $14.992022-10-07 — best price $1.492023-01-13 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-04-04 — best price $14.992024-07-18 — best price $12.592024-10-10 — best price $1.172025-01-22 — best price $14.992025-06-03 — best price $0.892025-09-01 — best price $14.992025-11-20 — best price $14.992026-03-27 — best price $0.892026-06-06 — best price $0.772026-08-20 — best price $12.292026-09-17 — best price $0.892026-10-12 — best price $0.892026-10-14 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3212026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 5 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 7 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 18 pageviews2026-08-09 — 18 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-21 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-29 — 6 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 5 pageviews2026-09-14 — 2 pageviews2026-09-18 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 5 pageviews2026-09-26 — 3 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 6 pageviews2026-10-08 — 8 pageviews2026-10-11 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
57.8%
earned "First Step"
17.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-08-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2339%29
Xbox One (Xbox)1817%29

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionPuzzleSci-fiAdventureDifficultPlatformerStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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