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Wayward Strand cover art

Wayward Strand

ghost pattern · 2022-09-15

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 15, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 15, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 15, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Sep 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 15, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 15, 2022 (Xbox One)

Wayward Strand is a heartfelt story told in a curious way. Hop aboard an airborne hospital and meet its fully-voiced cast of eclectic characters. As time passes for everyone on board, explore the interwoven lives of the patients and staff; discover something new on each and every playthrough.

94%
positive of 109 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (45 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)
Wayward Strand is a narrative adventure game by Ghost Pattern. It was released in September 2022 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One and Xbox Series X and Series S.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (25 reviews).
  • · Top 47% of 20,323 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–4.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 109 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2023-09-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420222026Week of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$11.992022-09-152026-09-202022-09-15 — best price $17.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-08-07 — best price $19.992023-09-28 — best price $19.992023-11-16 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-10 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-16 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-10-16 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-20 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
50.3%
earned "The Real VIP"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-09-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CozyDramaMysteryRelaxingStylizedAdventureEmotionalWholesomeStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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