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Valley

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

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Valley is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 6697 reviews).

2
playing now
91%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (1,119 ratings)
3.5h
to beat · rushed 4h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Valley trailer thumbnail

Echo Valley — Official Trailer | Apple TV

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

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 6% of 27,605 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 168k–402k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,703 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 9 of 25 observed days (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

602026-09-14 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
980May 2016Jan 2026May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2016 — avg 21 · peak 110Nov 2016 — avg 5 · peak 26Feb 2017 — avg 22 · peak 92May 2017 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2017 — avg 33 · peak 183Nov 2017 — avg 14 · peak 44Feb 2018 — avg 37 · peak 135May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2018 — avg 26 · peak 86Nov 2018 — avg 12 · peak 41Feb 2019 — avg 17 · peak 48May 2019 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2019 — avg 15 · peak 53Feb 2020 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2020 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2020 — avg 7 · peak 20Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 22Feb 2021 — avg 5 · peak 21May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2021 — avg 10 · peak 48Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 17Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 26Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.352016-08-252026-10-092016-08-25 — 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 $14.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1902026-05-31 — 11 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 9 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 6 pageviews2026-06-20 — 19 pageviews2026-06-24 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-02 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 14 pageviews2026-07-14 — 17 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 10 pageviews2026-07-30 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-07 — 13 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 3 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 5 pageviews2026-08-27 — 18 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 6 pageviews2026-09-08 — 7 pageviews2026-09-12 — 13 pageviews2026-09-16 — 13 pageviews2026-09-20 — 0 pageviews2026-09-24 — 7 pageviews2026-09-28 — 4 pageviews2026-10-02 — 7 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-08-24 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

IndieActionHorrorSci-fiParkourAdventureOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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