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Year Walk cover art

Year Walk

Simogo · 2014-03-06

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 06, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 21, 2013 (iOS), Mar 06, 2014 (Mac)

Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.

0
playing now
90%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (47 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Year Walk is a 2013 adventure game developed and published by Swedish mobile game developer Simogo for iOS devices. The game is loosely based on an ancient Swedish tradition called "Årsgång". The game was ported to Windows and OS X PC platforms via Steam in 2014, and on the Wii U via eShop on 17 September 2015. It was succeeded by the free, e-picturebook Year Walk: Bedtime Stories for Awful Children.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 51k–121k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,020 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-03-09) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$1.002015-01-012022-04-102015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-11-02 — best price $5.992016-05-05 — best price $2.992016-05-23 — best price $5.992017-06-22 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $5.992018-06-21 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $5.992020-02-26 — best price $5.282020-03-23 — best price $5.992020-03-25 — best price $5.282020-04-08 — best price $5.992020-04-14 — best price $5.282020-04-23 — best price $2.992020-04-27 — best price $5.992020-04-28 — best price $5.992020-04-29 — best price $4.402020-05-11 — best price $5.992020-05-12 — best price $5.282020-05-25 — best price $5.992022-03-09 — best price $1.002022-04-07 — best price $1.002022-04-10 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

42112026-05-29 — 42 pageviews2026-06-02 — 26 pageviews2026-06-06 — 41 pageviews2026-06-10 — 23 pageviews2026-06-14 — 29 pageviews2026-06-18 — 24 pageviews2026-06-22 — 31 pageviews2026-06-26 — 24 pageviews2026-06-30 — 28 pageviews2026-07-04 — 20 pageviews2026-07-08 — 35 pageviews2026-07-12 — 26 pageviews2026-07-16 — 24 pageviews2026-07-20 — 19 pageviews2026-07-24 — 31 pageviews2026-07-28 — 26 pageviews2026-08-01 — 39 pageviews2026-08-05 — 36 pageviews2026-08-09 — 42 pageviews2026-08-13 — 29 pageviews2026-08-17 — 23 pageviews2026-08-21 — 24 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews2026-09-02 — 18 pageviews2026-09-06 — 35 pageviews2026-09-10 — 30 pageviews2026-09-14 — 20 pageviews2026-09-18 — 21 pageviews2026-09-22 — 22 pageviews2026-09-26 — 25 pageviews2026-09-30 — 35 pageviews2026-10-04 — 28 pageviews2026-10-07 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
18.2%
earned "Digital Rune"
9.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,33436%10

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkIndieShortHorrorPuzzleSurrealAdventureMythologyStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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