How many people are playing Return of the Obra Dinn right now?

224 people are playing Return of the Obra Dinn on Steam right now, making it the 1473rd most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 298 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is Return of the Obra Dinn's all-time peak player count?

Return of the Obra Dinn's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 1,791, reached in October 2025.

Is Return of the Obra Dinn good? What do Steam reviews say?

96% of 32,819 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).

How much does Return of the Obra Dinn cost on Steam?

Return of the Obra Dinn costs $19.99 on Steam (US). The lowest price we've recorded is $7.19.

Does Return of the Obra Dinn work on Steam Deck?

Return of the Obra Dinn is Verified for Steam Deck, according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Return of the Obra Dinn

by Lucas Pope · published by 3909 · Released Oct 18, 2018

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Players now

#1,473

224

▼ 24.8%vs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

96% positive

Overwhelmingly Positive32,819 reviews

Owners (est.)500K–1M

24h peak

298

Highest seen1,791

Oct 18, 202513 months ago

Price on Steam

$19.99

Lowest ever $7.19 Dec 2019

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Players -24.8% in the last 24 hoursUpdated 15:45 UTC · tracking since 2018-10-01

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Reviews

96% positive of 32,819 · Overwhelmingly Positive · Live from Steam

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Steam Deck

Works great on Steam Deck. Results from Valve's own testing.

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✓Default controller config fully functional
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✓Default configuration is performant
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Patches & builds

Every build released on Steam for this game since we started tracking it, with the developer's patch notes. Updated within minutes of each new build.

Sep 20, 2022, 7:24 AM UTC
Build 9550393the current build when we started tracking2.2 GB on Windows

Patch notes

Sep 14, 2022
PatchUpdate 1.2.120
What's new in version 1.2.120: Updated engine from Unity 5 to Unity 2017 I can't believe I shipped this game on Unity 5, which was already old back in 2018. Maintenance is impossible on such an expired version of Unity so this update drags it up to 2017. Sligh…
Apr 24, 2019
PatchUpdate to the Update
Version 1.1.110 is now up, with various updates to the Korean localization (thanks to Bada Im) along with some spot fixes for the Simplified Chinese localization. I've also added a savefile backup system, detailed here, in the hopes of salvaging lost progress …
Apr 18, 2019
PatchLanguage Update
Six months from the initial release, I've finally added full official Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese localizations. My original plan was to have these ready a week or two after the original launch back in October 2018 so apologies for the …

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Oct 19, 2020
Watch the building of the Obra Dinn in this time-lapse video
Watching Return Of The Obra Dinn ‘s creator build the game’s levels is like watching the work of a serial killer who’s obsessed with the detective chasing them, artfully laying out corpses and tweaking gruesome scenes for maximum surprise and…
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Return Of The Obra Dinn is something truly special. I haven’t played a game before or since that forces such high levels of engagement and thought, whilst somehow not feeling like a chore or a hassle. Dropped off off the coast of Falmouth, you’re t…
May 15, 2020
The 12 most useful inventions in PC games
One Off The List is our weekly list feature. Is there something you think doesn’t deserve to be on this list? Comment with your reasons why, and next week it may be struck off. If you plumb the depths of human ingenuity you will resurface with a wet box …
Apr 25, 2020
13 moral lessons from PC games
One Off The List is our weekly list feature. Is there something you think doesn’t deserve to be on this list? Comment with your reasons why, and next week it may be struck off. When the historians of the future cast their cyber-eyes over the deluge of st…
Mar 13, 2020
The 9 unluckiest characters in games
One Off The List is our weekly list feature. Is there something you think doesn t deserve to be on this list? Comment with your reasons why, and next week it may be struck off. It s Friday the 13th, the day of Saint Badluck, patron saint of ladders and casinos…
Dec 6, 2019
The best games of the decade on PC
It’s been an eventful decade for PC games, and it would be hard for you to summarise everything that’s happened in the medium across the past ten years. Hard for you , but a day’s work for us. Below you’ll find our picks for the 50 best…
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Interrogating detective mechanics with a real-life detective
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Mar 10, 2019
Exploring Falmouth and the naval history behind Return of the Obra Dinn
This piece contains spoilers for Return of the Obra Dinn. Waves lap gently against the struts of the pier as seagulls wheel, dive, and caw overhead. Halyards on anchored sailboats gently clink in time with the movements of the water. A gentle rumble emanates f…
Feb 7, 2019
How a lifelong diet of games influenced The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
"I forget everything between footsteps. "'Anna!' I finish shouting, snapping my mouth shut in surprise. "My mind has gone blank. I don't know who Anna is or why I'm calling her name. I don't even know how I got here. I'm standing in a forest, shielding my eyes…
Jan 3, 2019
Return of The Obra Dinn, Paratopic and Hypnospace Outlaw headline IGF s 2019 finalists
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Jan 3, 2019
How Return of the Obra Dinn refreshes the nautical disaster tale
Warning: contains spoilers. When Ernest Shackleton s ship, the Endurance, was trapped in unyielding ice, it was clear the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition had taken a bad turn. In late 1915, after months of anxious waiting, the sheer pressure of the ice cru…
Jan 2, 2019
Best PC games of 2018
The doors have been opened, the games inside have been devoured, and now it’s time to recycle the cardboard. Below you’ll find all of our picks for the best PC games of 2018, gathered together in a single post for easy reading. (more…)

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History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 96% on 2026-11-01 → 96% today (32,819 reviews)

Nov 3, 2026Sale ended$19.99
Oct 31, 2026Sale −33%$13.39 (was $19.99)

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DLC

1 item on Steam, newest first.

Return of the Obra Dinn - Soundtrack
$4.9996% positive

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Return of the Obra Dinn player count and quick facts

How many people are playing Return of the Obra Dinn right now?: 224 people are playing Return of the Obra Dinn on Steam right now, making it the 1473rd most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 298 players. The number updates every few minutes.
What is Return of the Obra Dinn's all-time peak player count?: Return of the Obra Dinn's highest concurrent player count on Steam is 1,791, reached in October 2025.
Is Return of the Obra Dinn good? What do Steam reviews say?: 96% of 32,819 Steam user reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).
How much does Return of the Obra Dinn cost on Steam?: Return of the Obra Dinn costs $19.99 on Steam (US). The lowest price we've recorded is $7.19.
Does Return of the Obra Dinn work on Steam Deck?: Return of the Obra Dinn is Verified for Steam Deck, according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.