
An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.
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The United States storefront in every case, so this compares stores and not countries.
Prices
Each in the currency that store quoted — not converted: the gap between two rows is the publisher's pricing, not an exchange rate.
Every market we collect.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.43/day in the week to Aug 27 → 1.14/day in the week after.
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Sums Steam only; GOG publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $14.99 | 7.5Kreviews | 92% | — | $2.3M |
| $10.49−30% | 114ratings | 88% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
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Reviews
Themes across 131 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
its a game of patience-which ill admit tested me at times- but oh my goodness its so nice! the most relaxing game ive played in awhile. The lil shade guy is just so cute!
Getting very attached to this lil guy! The Longing is a great game for people with depression, despair, and anxiety. Gives me a little hope and something to look forward to every day, helping the Shade move forward with curiosity, one action at a time. There's also no pressure to do any of it. I could just sleep the 400 days away. I'm just a few days into the game but it's very satisfying. Each discovery hits different. It is slow-paced so play a little alongside other, more exciting games. Do not hesitate to look up hints and clues as that can save you some grief. Do not and I repeat DO NOT commit suicide in the game as that's a final hard stop, very much as in life. Take care of yourself and the Shade. Happy trails!
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 120.75/day in the week to Jul 15 → 0.71/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English, German, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish
Hours played at review time, across 131 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Игра THE LONGING — здесь нет экшена, гонок, сражений или бесконечных головоломок. Вместо этого игра предлагает нечто более другое — медитативное погружение в атмосферу одиночества и ожидания. Вы играете за маленького слугу короля гномов, который должен ждать 400 реальных дней, пока его повелитель проснётся. нужно времени и терпения. Можно бродить по тёмным пещерам, рисовать на стенах, находить редкие предметы — или просто сидеть и смотреть в темноту.
Нужно просто подождать пару недель и этот обзор загрузится. _____ На самом деле это один из самых уникальных игровых опытов которые мне удалось испытать. Игра, которая играет сама в себя. Сначала бесишься, пытаешься пробежать все побыстрее, а потом наливаешь себе чаю, открываешь рабочие задачи, включаешь кино или вообще уходишь прогуляться и понимаешь - это правда уникально. Игра затягивает очень плавно, привязываешься к миру и персонажу и уже как то и не хочется что бы игра кончалась. Заходишь раз в день проведать как там быстро течет время или что изменилось в каких то локациях, а потом топаешь назад в свою пещеру, что бы снова с восторгом созерцать как быстро течет время когда ты дома. Крайне рекомендую.
very interesting premise, but it's almost an anti-game by design, cuz it encourages you to close the game and get back later. it just slipped to the back of my mind. otherwise, everything is so good. the atmosphere, the art, the secrets. i'll get back to it one day
一年前买来放库里,一年后直接解锁等待结束的成就。
I played this throughout university and having my little shade creature exploring in the background made studying a lot more fun!! The only issue was that it was a little TOO interesting... one night I drew a map of the caves instead of doing homework
Cool game. 7/10. Really calm game to relax on. The music, slow pace, and no combat. Just slowly walking around, exploring the cave, gathering decorations, pondering things, and reading books. It's meant to be boring. I've beaten the game with the long waiting ending.
Be patient. Remind yourself this is an idle game and also, there is an ending to work towards.
jai eu le temps de perdre mes emoroide deux fois
Active players
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Players by region
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