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The Companion
A cinematic gaming experience. Play as an animal in the spiritual realm. Explore a magical world. Collect Essence and find Artifacts. Journey across seven majestic landscapes and witness the emotional story of a family as they tackle the challenges ahead of them.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“The Companion is an atmospheric adventure that favors emotion, exploration, and introspection over traditional action-oriented gameplay. Set within a mystical realm that exists between life and death, the game casts players as a spiritual fox whose purpose gradually unfolds…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Nice.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedAchievement 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.
Latest official news
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Achievements Fixed
It looks like there was an issue with achievements, this new update should have that fixed. Make sure the game is updated, and you might need to "Verify the Installation" from the Steam Game Options.
2024 Minor Updates
Minor changes that somehow reduced the game size by 500 mb German Localization changes are back in Achievements should continue to work unlike last time when there was an update Main Menu updated - "R
German Localization Improved
This small update has many improvements to the German localization
Extra Input Option & Main Menu Overhaul
The Companion has received a very small update. Added ability to Invert Mouse X & Y separately. Main Menu is completely new, featuring the iconic Act III level This update is primarily to add an extra
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Casual · Wholesome · Exploration · Open World · Cute · Cozy · Walking Simulator · Relaxing · Atmospheric · Stylized · Colorful · 3D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Russian, French, Korean, Spanish - Spain * |
| Achievements | 9 |
| Official site | http://www.thecompaniongame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Core i5 2.4Ghz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 570 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 6 GB available space Sound Card: Windows Compatible Sound Card