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Welcome to Elk cover art

Welcome to Elk

Triple Topping · Akupara Games · 2020-09-17

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 10, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 17, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 17, 2020 (Mac), Feb 22, 2021 (Google Stadia), Sep 17, 2020 (Xbox One)

True stories told by real people. Welcome to Elk transforms the weird, wonderful, dark and desperate tales of the road less-traveled into an inventive, biographical adventure. This is an island like no other where drama, trauma, love and laughter hide around every corner.

Welcome to Elk is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 325 reviews) and an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000.

94%
positive of 325 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · 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$5.25-65%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at IndieGala Store (2023-12-14) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 119 of 156 observed days · $2.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420202026Week of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.002020-03-202026-08-302020-03-20 — best price $0.002021-02-16 — best price $11.522021-05-01 — best price $14.992021-08-27 — best price $10.492021-11-23 — best price $7.492022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-05-11 — best price $14.992022-07-22 — best price $11.502022-11-21 — best price $5.992023-01-05 — best price $5.622023-02-13 — best price $7.492023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-05-02 — best price $14.992023-06-19 — best price $7.492023-09-22 — best price $11.982023-11-17 — best price $5.422023-12-25 — best price $3.742024-02-11 — best price $10.252024-05-13 — best price $12.492024-07-18 — best price $12.492024-08-14 — best price $14.992024-10-20 — best price $12.492025-01-13 — best price $11.892025-03-06 — best price $5.242025-04-10 — best price $5.242025-05-15 — best price $5.992025-06-16 — best price $10.252025-07-26 — best price $11.012025-08-30 — best price $10.252025-10-18 — best price $6.002025-11-19 — best price $5.242025-12-12 — best price $5.252026-02-09 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-28 — best price $4.702026-05-28 — best price $5.392026-06-18 — best price $5.992026-07-31 — best price $3.482026-08-30 — best price $5.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
61.4%
earned "What a Good Dog"
43.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)26841%25
Xbox One (Xbox)23077%25
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieMysterySurrealColorfulStylizedAdventureDark HumorHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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