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Twelve Minutes

Luis Antonio · Annapurna Interactive · 2021-08-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 07, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 19, 2021 (Xbox One), Dec 07, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Dec 13, 2022 (iOS), Aug 19, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2022 (Android)

An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.

30
playing now
73%
positive of 8.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9,093
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (220 ratings)
6.5h
to beat · rushed 4.8h · completionist 4.8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.49
steam price (US)

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

Twelve Minutes is an adventure game developed by Luís António and published by Annapurna Interactive. It was originally released on August 19, 2021, for Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, with versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 released on December 7, 2021. A version for iOS and Android mobile devices was published by Netflix on December 13, 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 350 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,324 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 162k–364k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,078 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.69-72%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.74 at Fanatical (2023-11-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 86 of 113 observed days · $19.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.5k2.5k20212026Week of 2021-08-01: 2,481 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 843 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6732026-08-06 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 46 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 67 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 28 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 47 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$26.39$5.162021-08-122026-08-282021-08-12 — best price $22.492021-12-08 — best price $19.992022-01-28 — best price $19.882022-03-23 — best price $22.392022-04-29 — best price $15.522022-06-03 — best price $14.892022-07-22 — best price $17.492022-08-30 — best price $13.242022-10-31 — best price $14.992023-01-06 — best price $24.992023-02-27 — best price $24.992023-04-25 — best price $19.882023-06-19 — best price $13.992023-08-06 — best price $19.882023-09-25 — best price $24.992023-11-17 — best price $5.742024-01-18 — best price $9.992024-02-19 — best price $9.992024-04-01 — best price $19.882024-05-03 — best price $9.992024-06-19 — best price $9.342024-08-01 — best price $17.992024-10-28 — best price $9.992025-01-03 — best price $19.882025-03-23 — best price $24.992025-05-26 — best price $6.952025-08-14 — best price $9.992025-10-07 — best price $6.952025-12-04 — best price $17.992026-01-30 — best price $19.882026-03-31 — best price $24.992026-05-09 — best price $22.012026-06-21 — best price $19.512026-07-30 — best price $24.992026-08-28 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7331472026-05-30 — 259 pageviews2026-06-02 — 282 pageviews2026-06-05 — 338 pageviews2026-06-08 — 194 pageviews2026-06-11 — 182 pageviews2026-06-14 — 192 pageviews2026-06-17 — 195 pageviews2026-06-20 — 319 pageviews2026-06-23 — 250 pageviews2026-06-26 — 236 pageviews2026-06-29 — 196 pageviews2026-07-02 — 204 pageviews2026-07-05 — 293 pageviews2026-07-08 — 196 pageviews2026-07-11 — 220 pageviews2026-07-14 — 225 pageviews2026-07-17 — 575 pageviews2026-07-20 — 288 pageviews2026-07-23 — 265 pageviews2026-07-26 — 271 pageviews2026-07-29 — 183 pageviews2026-08-01 — 214 pageviews2026-08-04 — 194 pageviews2026-08-07 — 206 pageviews2026-08-10 — 191 pageviews2026-08-13 — 170 pageviews2026-08-16 — 147 pageviews2026-08-19 — 172 pageviews2026-08-22 — 197 pageviews2026-08-25 — 208 pageviews2026-08-27 — 170 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
35.3%
earned "Alone"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)25,24623%12
Steam (Steam)4,52320%12
Switch (Nintendo)390%0

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

Player tags

DramaIndiePuzzleMysteryThrillerTop-DownAdventureNarrativeStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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