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Windlands cover art

Windlands

Psytec Games Ltd · 2016-04-05

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 28, 2016 (Oculus Rift), Apr 05, 2016 (Windows Mixed Reality), Apr 05, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 25, 2016 (PlayStation VR), May 11, 2023 (Oculus Quest), Apr 05, 2016 (Linux)

A first person grappling hook exploration game.Soar through the ruins of a fallen world and discover the secrets of the ancients. Designed with full Virtual Reality support for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, also works great in Non VR.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 866 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (72 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 866 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.48 at GreenManGaming (2021-07-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
595920162026Week of 2016-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.00$1.482015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $20.002016-05-10 — best price $19.992016-10-06 — best price $19.992017-02-06 — best price $19.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-11-22 — best price $9.992018-04-20 — best price $19.992018-06-25 — best price $5.002018-08-02 — best price $19.992018-10-30 — best price $6.992018-12-14 — best price $19.992019-03-07 — best price $17.992019-06-25 — best price $1.992019-12-16 — best price $7.992020-04-03 — best price $3.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-05-27 — best price $3.992021-07-30 — best price $2.002021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-01-06 — best price $19.992022-04-30 — best price $19.992022-07-12 — best price $4.802022-10-08 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-05-05 — best price $7.992023-07-31 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992024-01-13 — best price $19.992024-10-18 — best price $9.992025-01-17 — best price $6.002025-09-29 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $5.192026-07-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
59.8%
earned "I Made it to the Hub"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedVR SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8791%29
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)9363%30
Windows (Xbox)150%29

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

Player tags

VRIndieFantasyParkourAdventureOpen WorldPlatformerAtmosphericCompetitiveExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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