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Whispering Willows

Night Light Interactive · Akupara Games · 2014-07-09

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Jul 09, 2014 (Linux), May 17, 2014 (Ouya), Aug 26, 2015 (Android), Sep 27, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 30, 2015 (PlayStation Vita), Jul 09, 2014 (Mac)

Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.

Whispering Willows is a 2014 Adventure and Indie game priced at $9.99, with Very Positive (82% of 1877 reviews) sentiment and an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners.

1
playing now
82%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
4.17★
PlayStation Store rating (1,276 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Whispering Willows is an indie adventure horror video game developed by independent developer Night Light Interactive for Ouya in May 2014.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 48k–114k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,904 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$1.77-82%
WinGameStore$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%
GreenManGaming$2.00-80%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.75 at GameBillet (2026-09-08) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 168 of 209 observed days · $1.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
821Jul 2014Sep 2024Jul 2014 — avg 5 · peak 50Oct 2014 — avg 2 · peak 15Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 17Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 12Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 21Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 14Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2017 — avg 2 · peak 17Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2018 — avg 21 · peak 854Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 70Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 42Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 9Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 15Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 6 · peak 33Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 14Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 31Sep 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.792015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-08-24 — best price $11.662016-02-12 — best price $5.002016-10-03 — best price $9.992017-04-27 — best price $2.732017-12-20 — best price $1.992018-08-30 — best price $1.992019-05-04 — best price $11.202019-11-05 — best price $9.282020-02-07 — best price $7.872020-05-20 — best price $2.002020-09-11 — best price $9.992021-01-07 — best price $2.002021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-10-30 — best price $8.252022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-05-24 — best price $2.002022-08-26 — best price $7.342022-11-20 — best price $9.992023-01-24 — best price $7.792023-04-10 — best price $2.492023-06-29 — best price $1.492023-09-20 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $1.192024-03-04 — best price $8.192024-05-03 — best price $1.642024-07-17 — best price $7.652024-10-14 — best price $7.652025-01-05 — best price $7.342025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-28 — best price $9.992025-08-04 — best price $7.652025-10-07 — best price $2.492025-12-08 — best price $7.652026-03-04 — best price $7.652026-05-13 — best price $9.992026-07-12 — best price $2.492026-09-08 — best price $0.792026-10-13 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4032026-05-13 — 15 pageviews2026-05-17 — 24 pageviews2026-05-21 — 11 pageviews2026-05-25 — 8 pageviews2026-05-29 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 9 pageviews2026-06-22 — 6 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 5 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 12 pageviews2026-07-20 — 14 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-21 — 9 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-29 — 9 pageviews2026-09-02 — 11 pageviews2026-09-06 — 21 pageviews2026-09-10 — 13 pageviews2026-09-14 — 11 pageviews2026-09-18 — 9 pageviews2026-09-22 — 9 pageviews2026-09-26 — 12 pageviews2026-09-30 — 11 pageviews2026-10-04 — 9 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews2026-10-12 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
41%
earned "First Contact"
18.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-07-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,08433%20
Xbox One (Xbox)3,83779%19
PS4 (PlayStation)3,54654%19
PS Vita (PlayStation)62966%19
PS Vita (PlayStation)50175%19
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

AnimeIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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