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The Whispered World Special Edition

Daedalic Entertainment · 2014-05-06

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 06, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 06, 2014 (Mac), May 06, 2014 (Linux), Nov 24, 2015 (iOS)

When the fate of a world hangs in the balance, an unusual hero arises! The visually impressive adventure-epic The Whispered World is now available as a Special Edition for the first time. Let the Whispered World enchant you with its many animated details and fantastic characters.

The Whispered World Special Edition is an Adventure and Indie game priced at $19.99 and released in 2014, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 2180 reviews).

31
playing now
76%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Whispered World is a 2009 point-and-click adventure video game developed by Daedalic Entertainment and published by Deep Silver in Europe and by Viva Media in the United States. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux and iOS. A special edition was released in 2014 and a sequel titled Silence was released in 2016. The four-act game takes place in a fantasy world and features a melancholy twelve-year-old clown as its hero. The graphics are 2D and are all hand-drawn and animated.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 31 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 125 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 74% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 55k–131k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,180 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.44 at Gamer Thor (2024-10-23) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 142 of 181 observed days · $1.55 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3822026-09-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 38 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1984May 2014Aug 2026May 2014 — avg 32 · peak 195Sep 2014 — avg 8 · peak 28Jan 2015 — avg 13 · peak 44May 2015 — avg 12 · peak 36Sep 2015 — avg 16 · peak 56Jan 2016 — avg 19 · peak 57May 2016 — avg 22 · peak 60Sep 2016 — avg 16 · peak 45Jan 2017 — avg 20 · peak 75May 2017 — avg 12 · peak 38Sep 2017 — avg 17 · peak 52Jan 2018 — avg 15 · peak 41May 2018 — avg 15 · peak 42Sep 2018 — avg 9 · peak 30Jan 2019 — avg 13 · peak 38May 2019 — avg 8 · peak 25Sep 2019 — avg 8 · peak 28Jan 2020 — avg 10 · peak 38May 2020 — avg 18 · peak 49Sep 2020 — avg 10 · peak 30Jan 2021 — avg 11 · peak 35May 2021 — avg 13 · peak 52Sep 2021 — avg 11 · peak 199Jan 2022 — avg 11 · peak 31May 2022 — avg 9 · peak 30Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 23Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 101May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 26May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 98Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 21May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2025 — avg 11 · peak 212Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2026 — avg 43 · peak 245Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 105
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$1.202015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.402015-04-24 — best price $10.092015-08-07 — best price $6.802015-12-16 — best price $1.992016-05-09 — best price $15.992016-10-03 — best price $19.992017-03-04 — best price $19.992017-10-05 — best price $19.992018-04-26 — best price $19.992018-09-21 — best price $1.722019-03-01 — best price $2.002019-08-24 — best price $17.132019-12-30 — best price $16.952020-04-19 — best price $1.752020-08-20 — best price $1.992020-12-18 — best price $19.992021-03-25 — best price $19.992021-07-10 — best price $16.952021-11-17 — best price $14.692022-03-01 — best price $2.002022-07-08 — best price $15.892022-11-14 — best price $1.602023-04-03 — best price $1.592023-07-29 — best price $1.992023-12-08 — best price $1.992024-04-06 — best price $14.692024-07-31 — best price $19.992024-11-02 — best price $16.972025-04-04 — best price $1.402025-08-04 — best price $1.942025-11-05 — best price $19.992026-03-13 — best price $1.942026-07-27 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

116142026-05-31 — 39 pageviews2026-06-04 — 35 pageviews2026-06-08 — 18 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 22 pageviews2026-06-20 — 26 pageviews2026-06-24 — 20 pageviews2026-06-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-02 — 19 pageviews2026-07-06 — 33 pageviews2026-07-10 — 41 pageviews2026-07-14 — 32 pageviews2026-07-18 — 34 pageviews2026-07-22 — 22 pageviews2026-07-26 — 32 pageviews2026-07-30 — 112 pageviews2026-08-03 — 26 pageviews2026-08-07 — 27 pageviews2026-08-11 — 24 pageviews2026-08-15 — 35 pageviews2026-08-19 — 44 pageviews2026-08-23 — 31 pageviews2026-08-27 — 23 pageviews2026-08-31 — 25 pageviews2026-09-04 — 27 pageviews2026-09-08 — 36 pageviews2026-09-12 — 21 pageviews2026-09-16 — 25 pageviews2026-09-20 — 20 pageviews2026-09-24 — 40 pageviews2026-09-28 — 28 pageviews2026-10-02 — 35 pageviews2026-10-06 — 28 pageviews2026-10-09 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
35.9%
earned "Ball Spot"
9.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudCommentary availableFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,61323%20

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

2DFunnyIndieComedyPuzzleFantasyAdventureHand-drawnStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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