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Inua - A Story in Ice and Time

Inua - A Story in Ice and Time

Inua is a narrative game in which three protagonists have their destinies intertwined decades apart in the same locations in the far north. Explore each era, collect ideas and manipulate their minds to change the course of history.

Released Feb 10, 2022 Developer The Pixel Hunt, IKO, ARTE France Publisher ARTE France Platforms Windows · Mac AdventureStory RichPoint & ClickIndieHidden Object
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

91.2%positive113 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“Inua - A Story in Ice and Time 2-3 hours to complete, Inua is a fun narrative game that follows three protagonists across three different periods of time, while you engage in a bit of time manipulation to share realizations and ideas between them to change the course of history.…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Some things are better left Hidden Beautifully rendered dioramas, in a simplistic 3D style with interactive objects and tokens to find which progress the story. A story ultimately of 3 people with different origin stories, different times and completely different demons chasing…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“English version below Dieses Spiel war wirklich ein fantastisches Erlebnis! Es gab zwar nicht viel "Gameplay", aber das war (meinem Empfinden nach) auch gar nicht nötig, da die Interaktion mit den Gedanken und Gegenständen das ganzen interessant genug gestaltet haben und die…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

12achievements
48.1%median completion
42.6%rarest: A man of culture
68.4% of players 66.1% of players 56.4% of players 52.4% of players 52.3% of players 52.1% of players 48.1% of players 47.3% of players 45.3% of players 44.9% of players 44.7% of players 42.6% of players 68.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
68.4%Keep your hands clean, Lieutenant — Hidden achievement
66.1%It's the Grad Knock Life — Have Maggie rant about being an archaeology student
56.4%You ever been on a quad before? — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
42.6%A man of culture — Have Larin expose his plans for when he gets back home
44.7%Finally — Hidden achievement
44.9%Maybe things will be ok after all? — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

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Nov 03, 2023
ARTE Collection bundle sale

It’s coming all wrapped-up with a cute bow: our 10-years anniversary bundle! Get all games from ARTE Collection at 30% off -meaning ALL games from our catalogue!- Grab yours and complete your collecti

Oct 19, 2023
ARTE celebrates 10 years of video games

This October, we are celebrating 10 years working alongside talented artists and creators to come up with unique and original games! To mark this milestone, we’re having a massive sale including all o

Nov 24, 2022
Steam Awards begin, vote for Sit Back and Relax

Every year, Steam organizes its famous Steam Awards. This is your chance to encourage and support your favorite games by voting for them. We are very proud to be able to present Inua: A Story in Ice a

Nov 24, 2022
The Steam Award begin, vote for the best soundtrack!

Every year, Steam organizes its famous Steam Awards. This is your chance to encourage and support your favorite games by voting for them. We are very proud to be able to present Inua: A Story in Ice a

Nov 23, 2022
Steam Awards begin, vote for Outstanding Visual Style

Every year, Steam organizes its famous Steam Awards . This is your chance to encourage and support your favorite games by voting for them. We are very proud to be able to present Inua: A Story in Ice

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Story Rich · Point & Click · Indie · Hidden Object · Time Manipulation · Text-Based · Mystery · Stylized · Historical · Isometric · Puzzle (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil *
Achievements12
Official sitehttps://arteexperience-presskit.arte.tv/sheet.php?p=Inua
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX10 (shader model 4.0) DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1000 MB available space