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Whimsy

Madison Karrh · 2019-12-21

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Whimsy is a hand-drawn point & click game about a girl who lives in the forest stumbling upon little red footprints. Following these footsteps leads her on a whimsical journey through the forest to solve puzzles, assist woodland creatures and discover rituals.

Whimsy is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2019, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive (94% of 322 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
94%
positive of 325 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Whimsy is the story of a girl who has always lived in the forest. One morning she awakes to find little red footprints outside her door. As any fearless protagonist would, she follows them. They lead her through the forest where she meets new woodland friends (and foes) while solving charming puzzles.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520192026Week of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 1 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 — 1 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzleAdventureFree to PlayPoint & Click

Census log

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

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