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Windlands

Psytec Games Ltd · 2016-04-05

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

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.

Windlands is a 2016 Adventure and Indie game priced at $12.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mostly Positive sentiment (78% of 866 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 866 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
4.25★
PlayStation Store rating (520 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 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 15% of 28,778 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 $12.99 · on sale 6 of 10 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

202026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
171Jan 2016Jul 2022Jan 2016 — avg 17 · peak 77Mar 2016 — avg 7 · peak 28May 2016 — avg 15 · peak 41Jul 2016 — avg 15 · peak 48Sep 2016 — avg 8 · peak 27Nov 2016 — avg 6 · peak 21Jan 2017 — avg 7 · peak 28Mar 2017 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2017 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2017 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2017 — avg 5 · peak 25Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 13Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 12Jul 2019 — avg 5 · peak 95Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 13Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jul 2022

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

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-06-09 (Steam store data)

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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