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Verne: The Shape of Fantasy cover art

Verne: The Shape of Fantasy

Gametopia · Assemble Entertainment · 2023-08-14

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 14, 2023 (Mac), Aug 22, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Become Jules Verne and adventure into the dangers that hide in Hemera, a fantastic parallel world built from his own imagination. Explore, solve puzzles and unlock the most coveted secret of the mighty Atlantis.

0
playing now
82%
positive of 325 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Jules Verne has been trapped in parallel world, built from the writer’s own imagination and filled with adventures, dangers and lots of fantasy. Aboard the mythical Nautilus and back to back with captain Nemo and his faithful crew, you will face a merciless enemy who wants to wipe out imagination and creativity from Hemera... and from Verne himself.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Top 48% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.5k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 325 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
Humble Store$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.53 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-31) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 60 of 94 observed days · $0.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.172023-08-142026-08-302023-08-14 — best price $10.492023-10-03 — best price $14.992023-11-20 — best price $10.492023-12-18 — best price $14.992024-02-08 — best price $9.742024-03-18 — best price $7.252024-04-16 — best price $8.992024-05-10 — best price $14.992024-06-19 — best price $8.992024-08-05 — best price $8.992024-09-10 — best price $14.992024-11-01 — best price $7.492024-11-22 — best price $7.492024-12-20 — best price $5.992025-01-24 — best price $5.992025-03-03 — best price $5.992025-03-27 — best price $5.092025-05-01 — best price $14.992025-06-09 — best price $14.992025-07-18 — best price $14.992025-08-23 — best price $4.492025-10-07 — best price $4.492025-11-10 — best price $11.512025-12-11 — best price $3.742026-02-06 — best price $3.742026-03-09 — best price $3.742026-04-11 — best price $14.992026-05-06 — best price $3.752026-05-28 — best price $14.992026-07-11 — best price $14.992026-08-13 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

PuzzleAdventureNarrativeSteampunkSubmarineDystopian Old SchoolStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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