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Valley cover art

Valley

Blue Isle Studios · Blue Isle Publishing · 2016-08-24

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 24, 2016 (Xbox One), Aug 23, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Oct 02, 2016 (Linux), Aug 24, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2016 (Mac), Mar 07, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.

2
playing now
91%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
3.5h
to beat · rushed 4h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Valley is an action-adventure game developed and published by Blue Isle Studios. It was released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on August 24, 2016. OS X and Linux were added with patch 1.02 on October 3, 2016. It was released on Nintendo Switch on March 7, 2019.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 83 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (498 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 167k–402k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,697 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.35 at GreenManGaming (2026-01-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days · $13.64 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
45845820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.352016-08-252026-08-282016-08-25 — best price $19.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-01-26 — best price $19.992017-06-19 — best price $19.992017-09-08 — best price $19.992017-11-22 — best price $5.992018-01-08 — best price $4.992018-04-02 — best price $4.992018-06-22 — best price $3.992018-09-24 — best price $3.992018-12-03 — best price $1.992019-02-18 — best price $19.992019-07-29 — best price $19.992019-11-18 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-04-20 — best price $5.242020-06-08 — best price $4.492020-08-14 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-08-30 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-05-03 — best price $3.742022-09-07 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $2.242023-09-01 — best price $4.492023-11-17 — best price $3.452024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $2.242025-03-03 — best price $2.252025-05-09 — best price $3.752025-09-29 — best price $1.792026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-28 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1902026-05-31 — 11 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 14 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 6 pageviews2026-06-18 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 11 pageviews2026-06-24 — 12 pageviews2026-06-27 — 13 pageviews2026-06-30 — 3 pageviews2026-07-03 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-09 — 13 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-21 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 11 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-14 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 0 pageviews2026-08-20 — 15 pageviews2026-08-23 — 5 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
77.6%
earned "The Journey Begins"
31.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,1438%30
PS4 (PlayStation)2,53434%31
Xbox One (Xbox)2,44716%30
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

IndieActionHorrorSci-fiParkourAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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