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Twelve Minutes

Luis Antonio · Annapurna Interactive · 2021-08-19

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Twelve Minutes is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2021, priced at $7.49, with Mostly Positive (73% of 8078 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

13
playing now
73%
positive of 8.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9,093
twitch viewers (latest)
9093.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (220 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (95 downloads)
4.15★
PlayStation Store rating (1,006 ratings)
6.5h
to beat · rushed 4.8h · completionist 4.8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.49
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

Twelve Minutes trailer thumbnail

Twelve Minutes | Official Game Trailer | Netflix

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 13 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 4% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 162k–366k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,123 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 87 of 115 observed days (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

5872026-09-15 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 24 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 32 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 34 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 58 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 19 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k10Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 1,599 · peak 4,996Oct 2021 — avg 63 · peak 170Dec 2021 — avg 68 · peak 192Feb 2022 — avg 31 · peak 81Apr 2022 — avg 25 · peak 90Jun 2022 — avg 23 · peak 62Aug 2022 — avg 22 · peak 59Oct 2022 — avg 16 · peak 42Dec 2022 — avg 26 · peak 78Feb 2023 — avg 19 · peak 60Apr 2023 — avg 12 · peak 29Jun 2023 — avg 13 · peak 50Aug 2023 — avg 19 · peak 54Oct 2023 — avg 15 · peak 58Dec 2023 — avg 19 · peak 59Feb 2024 — avg 22 · peak 73Apr 2024 — avg 19 · peak 63Jun 2024 — avg 18 · peak 59Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 36Oct 2024 — avg 10 · peak 32Dec 2024 — avg 24 · peak 54Feb 2025 — avg 16 · peak 53Apr 2025 — avg 16 · peak 39Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 53Aug 2025 — avg 20 · peak 84Oct 2025 — avg 16 · peak 45Dec 2025 — avg 23 · peak 66Feb 2026 — avg 15 · peak 44Apr 2026 — avg 19 · peak 59Jun 2026 — avg 19 · peak 59Aug 2026 — avg 23 · peak 67
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$26.39$5.162021-08-122026-10-092021-08-12 — 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 $24.992026-09-04 — best price $7.492026-10-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7331472026-05-30 — 259 pageviews2026-06-03 — 242 pageviews2026-06-07 — 229 pageviews2026-06-11 — 182 pageviews2026-06-15 — 158 pageviews2026-06-19 — 341 pageviews2026-06-23 — 250 pageviews2026-06-27 — 225 pageviews2026-07-01 — 187 pageviews2026-07-05 — 293 pageviews2026-07-09 — 209 pageviews2026-07-13 — 205 pageviews2026-07-17 — 575 pageviews2026-07-21 — 238 pageviews2026-07-25 — 257 pageviews2026-07-29 — 183 pageviews2026-08-02 — 282 pageviews2026-08-06 — 238 pageviews2026-08-10 — 191 pageviews2026-08-14 — 206 pageviews2026-08-18 — 172 pageviews2026-08-22 — 197 pageviews2026-08-26 — 228 pageviews2026-08-30 — 228 pageviews2026-09-03 — 235 pageviews2026-09-07 — 388 pageviews2026-09-11 — 200 pageviews2026-09-15 — 185 pageviews2026-09-19 — 247 pageviews2026-09-23 — 236 pageviews2026-09-27 — 288 pageviews2026-10-01 — 178 pageviews2026-10-05 — 243 pageviews2026-10-09 — 254 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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-08-19 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DramaIndiePuzzleMysteryThrillerTop-DownAdventureNarrativeStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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