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Windbound

5 Lives Studios · Deep Silver · 2020-08-28

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AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 27, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 28, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 28, 2020 (Xbox One), Aug 21, 2020 (Google Stadia), Aug 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

The Forbidden Islands are Calling, Unlock their Secrets. Shipwrecked on an island, explore, adapt and navigate the land and perilous seas to stay alive.

Windbound is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 1180 reviews) and an estimated owner count of 50,000 .. 100,000.

4
playing now
59%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
45/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
3.56★
PlayStation Store rating (857 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 59% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (245 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,180 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Humble Store (2024-01-18) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 135 of 136 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13213220202026Week of 2020-08-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
602Sep 2020Jul 2026Sep 2020 — avg 60 · peak 273Nov 2020 — avg 10 · peak 31Jan 2021 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2021 — avg 10 · peak 24May 2021 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2021 — avg 8 · peak 30Sep 2021 — avg 13 · peak 68Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 22Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 32Mar 2022 — avg 6 · peak 30May 2022 — avg 14 · peak 66Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 16Sep 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2022 — avg 7 · peak 26Jan 2023 — avg 25 · peak 187Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Jul 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 24 · peak 55Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9

▲ +1 avg players vs prior month — Jul 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$31.80$1.992020-06-112026-10-142020-06-11 — best price $29.992020-11-09 — best price $29.992021-01-04 — best price $29.992021-02-11 — best price $7.502021-04-08 — best price $29.992021-06-28 — best price $29.992021-09-16 — best price $29.992021-11-26 — best price $10.192022-01-17 — best price $29.992022-03-24 — best price $3.992022-05-19 — best price $3.992022-08-05 — best price $5.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-10 — best price $19.992023-05-08 — best price $9.992023-09-01 — best price $19.992023-11-20 — best price $4.192024-02-08 — best price $4.192024-03-28 — best price $19.992024-06-19 — best price $1.992024-09-02 — best price $1.992024-11-26 — best price $4.992025-02-17 — best price $2.992025-05-19 — best price $2.992025-08-13 — best price $1.992025-11-03 — best price $2.992026-01-11 — best price $19.992026-03-09 — best price $2.992026-05-18 — best price $2.992026-07-25 — best price $19.992026-08-18 — best price $1.992026-09-02 — best price $1.992026-09-17 — best price $2.992026-10-02 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
22.4%
earned "Speed Racer"
1.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,4395%31
Xbox One (Xbox)1,2031%30
Steam (Steam)3401%29
Switch (Nintendo)1000%0

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

Player tags

RPGIndieActionSailingCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldRogue-likeExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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