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Follow the meaning
Follow the meaning is a surreal point-and-click puzzle adventure. Join detective Paul Trilby as he works to unravel the mysteries of a peculiar town, seemingly ruled by the local Hospital. Over the wall and behind tightly shut gates, a dark secret lies in wait…
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“I really like how Follow the Meaning feels like stepping into someone else’s strange dream, nothing is fully explained, but everything slowly starts to make sense if you pay attention. The gameplay is simple point-and-click, you play as a detective investigating a strange town…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I got this game out because the devs of rusty lake posted in their discord. I dig it, its a little spooky mixed with aliens and the point and click aesthetic really reminds me of rusty lake. its a good game to play if you have finished all of the rusty lake series and need more.…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Cute game, quick and interesting puzzles”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Puzzle · Point & Click · 2D · Hand-drawn · Mystery · Multiple Endings · Indie · Detective · Surreal · Story Rich · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Czech, Vietnamese, Swedish, … |
| Achievements | 16 |
| Official site | https://www.followthemeaning.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 8+ Processor: 2.4GHz Dual Core Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space