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Verne: The Shape of Fantasy

Gametopia · Assemble Entertainment · 2023-08-14

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Verne: The Shape of Fantasy is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 327 reviews).

1
playing now
82%
positive of 327 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.5k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 327 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$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 92 of 130 observed days · $0.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020232026Week of 2023-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.172023-08-142026-10-152023-08-14 — 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 $2.992026-09-01 — best price $2.992026-09-09 — best price $2.992026-09-17 — best price $2.992026-09-25 — best price $2.992026-10-03 — best price $2.992026-10-11 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
69.3%
earned "The Siege of the Nautilus"
29.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)27814%20

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

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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