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The White Door

Rusty Lake · Second Maze · 2020-01-09

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 08, 2020 (Android), Jan 09, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 09, 2020 (iOS), Jan 09, 2020 (Mac)

Enter The White Door and discover Rusty Lake’s universe in a new game with a unique style! Explore Robert Hill’s dreams and help him to find his lost memories. Can you survive the strict daily routine and bring back color to Robert's life?

The White Door is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive (94% of 6795 reviews) sentiment.

37
playing now
94%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
2.5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

37 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The White Door is a puzzle video game developed by Dutch studio Rusty Lake. It was released on Steam and iOS on January 9, 2020 and on GOG.com on April 14, 2020.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 37 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 535 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~67/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 136k–306k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,795 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.19-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2026-01-08) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 23 of 40 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
95395320202026Week of 2020-01-01: 953 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

13192026-08-07 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 33 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 33 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 43 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 57 players2026-08-13 14:00 — 85 players2026-08-14 22:00 — 28 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 85 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 130 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 38 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 59 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 97 players2026-08-22 19:00 — 47 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 48 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 77 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 41 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 47 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 75 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 37 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$1.192020-01-092026-08-302020-01-09 — best price $3.392020-04-14 — best price $2.792020-06-25 — best price $2.672020-10-29 — best price $2.672020-12-01 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-02-15 — best price $3.992021-07-08 — best price $3.992021-11-01 — best price $3.992021-11-26 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $3.992022-05-02 — best price $3.992022-11-07 — best price $3.992023-01-05 — best price $3.992023-05-01 — best price $3.992023-07-25 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $3.992024-01-27 — best price $3.992024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-04-28 — best price $3.992024-09-16 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $2.672025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-02-21 — best price $2.392025-04-30 — best price $1.352025-07-23 — best price $2.392025-08-26 — best price $2.992025-09-25 — best price $2.392025-10-08 — best price $3.992025-12-03 — best price $3.992026-01-08 — best price $1.192026-02-04 — best price $1.192026-03-19 — best price $2.392026-05-13 — best price $1.192026-07-09 — best price $3.992026-08-17 — best price $3.992026-08-29 — best price $1.192026-08-30 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3412026-05-13 — 10 pageviews2026-05-16 — 12 pageviews2026-05-19 — 6 pageviews2026-05-22 — 9 pageviews2026-05-25 — 7 pageviews2026-05-28 — 15 pageviews2026-05-31 — 15 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 6 pageviews2026-06-18 — 12 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 19 pageviews2026-06-27 — 16 pageviews2026-06-30 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 7 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-09 — 15 pageviews2026-07-12 — 13 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1 pageviews2026-07-21 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-27 — 10 pageviews2026-07-30 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 12 pageviews2026-08-11 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 27 pageviews2026-08-17 — 20 pageviews2026-08-20 — 24 pageviews2026-08-23 — 17 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
46.3%
earned "DAY 2"
22.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

20 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,33951%16

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

2DIndieShortHorrorPuzzleMysterySurrealAdventureDetectiveHand-drawn

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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