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Wind Child cover art

Wind Child

Valkyria Games · 2016-03-18

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 18, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Five souls, brought together in a simple rescue mission, come to learn that they are more connected than they had believed. Classic RPG goodness and intriguing storyline with this RPG from Valkyria Studios.

Wind Child is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and RPG game released in 2016, priced at $0.79, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 to 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 115 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 115 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.79
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 115 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at IndieGala Store (2018-04-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 24 of 43 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320162026Week of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6902026-09-15 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 21 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 69 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 32 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 22 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.392016-03-192026-08-242016-03-19 — best price $2.392017-06-02 — best price $0.992018-04-05 — best price $3.992018-10-11 — best price $3.992019-02-04 — best price $0.592019-06-27 — best price $0.602019-11-11 — best price $0.392020-01-03 — best price $5.992020-07-09 — best price $5.992020-10-31 — best price $0.672021-01-08 — best price $0.392021-04-01 — best price $0.592021-07-09 — best price $5.992021-10-31 — best price $5.992022-01-10 — best price $1.192022-03-08 — best price $5.992022-05-31 — best price $5.992022-08-25 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $0.592023-02-04 — best price $5.992023-04-10 — best price $5.992023-08-06 — best price $5.992023-11-23 — best price $3.012024-01-15 — best price $5.992024-05-01 — best price $0.532024-06-30 — best price $0.582024-09-27 — best price $0.702024-12-13 — best price $0.702025-01-20 — best price $6.992025-05-13 — best price $0.582025-07-28 — best price $9.992025-12-15 — best price $0.602026-04-27 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $0.80
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
5.9%
earned "O Chey Bravi'os"
3.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeIndieCasualRPGMakerAdventureFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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