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Wandersong cover art

Wandersong

Wishes Ultd. · Greg Lobanov · 2018-09-27

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 27, 2018 (Mac), Dec 06, 2019 (Xbox One), Sep 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 27, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 22, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

8
playing now
95%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Wandersong is a puzzle adventure video game developed by American-Canadian developer Greg Lobanov. A music-themed game, it follows The Bard, a wandering singer, as they go on a quest to gather pieces of a song that will save their world from destruction. In the game, the player uses The Bard's singing to affect the environment, solve puzzles, and defend against enemies. Wandersong was released on macOS, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo Switch in September 2018, PlayStation 4 in January 2019, and Xbox One in December 2019.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 82 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 98k–234k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,901 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2021-12-22) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 11 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
686820182026Week of 2018-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 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 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-06 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992018-09-272026-08-302018-09-27 — best price $19.992018-11-01 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-01-24 — best price $19.992019-02-15 — best price $19.992019-03-21 — best price $19.992019-05-13 — best price $19.992019-07-01 — best price $11.992019-07-10 — best price $19.992019-08-29 — best price $11.992019-09-23 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $9.992020-01-20 — best price $19.992020-03-21 — best price $19.992020-05-27 — best price $11.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-09-07 — best price $19.992021-05-27 — best price $13.992021-07-05 — best price $13.992021-08-29 — best price $7.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-07-14 — best price $9.992022-12-12 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-08-07 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $6.792024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-11-12 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $6.792025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

35102026-05-31 — 20 pageviews2026-06-03 — 29 pageviews2026-06-06 — 30 pageviews2026-06-09 — 22 pageviews2026-06-12 — 26 pageviews2026-06-15 — 35 pageviews2026-06-18 — 25 pageviews2026-06-21 — 31 pageviews2026-06-24 — 18 pageviews2026-06-27 — 29 pageviews2026-06-30 — 23 pageviews2026-07-03 — 26 pageviews2026-07-06 — 27 pageviews2026-07-09 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 23 pageviews2026-07-15 — 31 pageviews2026-07-18 — 24 pageviews2026-07-21 — 28 pageviews2026-07-24 — 20 pageviews2026-07-27 — 27 pageviews2026-07-30 — 33 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-05 — 27 pageviews2026-08-08 — 31 pageviews2026-08-11 — 26 pageviews2026-08-14 — 20 pageviews2026-08-17 — 29 pageviews2026-08-20 — 28 pageviews2026-08-23 — 24 pageviews2026-08-26 — 24 pageviews2026-08-27 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
43%
earned "Defeated the Troll"
27.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)10,38183%20
Steam (Steam)3,26121%75
PS4 (PlayStation)25857%20
PS4 (PlayStation)16254%20
Switch (Nintendo)790%0

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

Player tags

CuteFunnyIndieMusicCasualComedyColorfulStylizedAdventureEmotional

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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