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Wanderlust: Travel Stories cover art

Wanderlust: Travel Stories

Different Tales · 2019-09-26

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 01, 2017 (Mac), Sep 26, 2019 (Linux)

Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a bridge between literature and gaming. Step into the shoes of modern travelers—explore their desires, hopes and fears, and shape how their stories unfold. Make this journey your own.

83%
positive of 139 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)
Wanderlust Travel Stories is a 2019 indie text-based adventure game developed by Different Tales and published by Walkabout Games. It was released worldwide on Windows, iOS and macOS on 26 September 2019, and is available on Steam, GOG.com, App Store, Mac App Store and Nintendo Switch. A spinoff of the game, Wanderlust: Transsiberian, was released April 9, 2020.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 26,830 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.5k–8.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 139 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$1.33-91%
IndieGala$1.49-90%
Steam$1.49-90%
WinGameStore$1.49-90%
GamersGate$1.50-90%
GOG$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.12 at GameBillet (2025-06-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 63 of 64 observed days · $0.21 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920192026Week of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$1.332026-08-062026-10-102026-08-06 — best price $1.332026-08-08 — best price $1.332026-08-10 — best price $1.332026-08-12 — best price $1.492026-08-14 — best price $1.492026-08-16 — best price $1.492026-08-18 — best price $1.492026-08-20 — best price $1.492026-08-22 — best price $1.492026-08-24 — best price $1.492026-08-26 — best price $1.492026-08-28 — best price $1.492026-08-30 — best price $1.492026-09-01 — best price $1.492026-09-03 — best price $1.492026-09-05 — best price $1.492026-09-07 — best price $2.992026-09-10 — best price $1.502026-09-12 — best price $1.502026-09-14 — best price $1.502026-09-16 — best price $1.492026-09-18 — best price $1.332026-09-20 — best price $1.332026-09-22 — best price $1.332026-09-24 — best price $1.332026-09-26 — best price $1.332026-09-28 — best price $1.332026-09-30 — best price $1.332026-10-02 — best price $1.492026-10-04 — best price $1.492026-10-06 — best price $1.332026-10-08 — best price $1.332026-10-10 — best price $1.33
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-07-12 — 1 pageviews2026-07-15 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 0 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-30 — 2 pageviews2026-08-02 — 4 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1 pageviews2026-08-08 — 2 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-14 — 3 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1 pageviews2026-09-01 — 5 pageviews2026-09-04 — 4 pageviews2026-09-07 — 2 pageviews2026-09-10 — 2 pageviews2026-09-13 — 2 pageviews2026-09-16 — 5 pageviews2026-09-19 — 2 pageviews2026-09-22 — 1 pageviews2026-09-25 — 1 pageviews2026-09-28 — 1 pageviews2026-10-01 — 9 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1 pageviews2026-10-09 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
42.1%
earned "The railroad track is miles away"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-11 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CasualNatureRelaxingAdventureEducationNarrationRealisticText-BasedDocumentaryExploration

Census log

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

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