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The Eyes of Ara

The Eyes of Ara

Explore a vast, mysterious castle riddled with secret rooms and challenging puzzles in this award-winning puzzle adventure.

Released Jul 19, 2016 Developer 100 Stones Interactive Platforms Windows · Mac AdventurePuzzleMysteryPoint & ClickLogic
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

83.0%positive795 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“game had good puzzles and quite challenging at times.”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Enjoyable. Solid game. Most puzzles were logical, and not too obscure, and had a good sense of progression. My biggest gripe, though not a large one is there is a fair bit of "hidden object" type searching which isn't my favorite. Most of the time it's fine, but sometimes (and…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Others have stated this better than I could already. If you don't mind a lot of pixel hunting and trying to see obscured buttons/trinkets/pull chains in dark, dingy environments, you might have fun with this game. Most of the game is just that, clicking on a lot of the…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

6playing at last check
1424-hour peak
79all-time peak
0 10 20 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 16 avg · Jul 2016

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

28achievements
23.7%median completion
3.7%rarest: North Pole Postal Service
87.4% of players 66.9% of players 61.6% of players 52.4% of players 42.0% of players 36.7% of players 36.7% of players 35.6% of players 34.2% of players 32.9% of players 30.9% of players 30.7% of players 27.8% of players 24.1% of players 23.7% of players 23.3% of players 21.8% of players 19.9% of players 18.9% of players 17.4% of players 14.2% of players 13.1% of players 12.6% of players 12.3% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 87.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
87.4%The Signal — Complete the Tutorial
66.9%The Light of Stars — Hidden achievement
61.6%Abandoned Halls — Complete Chapter 1
Rarest badges of honor
3.7%North Pole Postal Service — Find all of the children's letters to Santa during the Merry Mysteries seasonal event
3.7%Lights Out — Extinguish all of the blue Jack-'o-Lanterns during the Haunted Halloween seasonal event.
3.8%Fear Himself — Find a way into the Pumpkin Lord's Tomb during the Haunted Halloween seasonal event.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$4.49lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US14.99 USD
EU12.49 EUR
UK11.39 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada17.49 CAD
Japan1,520 JPY
Brazil28.99 BRL
China50.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.7 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 19, 2026
The Eyes of Ara launched 10 years ago today!

10 years ago today I released version 1.0 of The Eyes of Ara... I can hardly believe it! So I wanted to post a quick thank you to everyone that purchased game on Steam and other platforms. Going solo

Oct 05, 2025
Patch 1.5.2

Minor patch to resolve a security issue identified for games using the Unity game engine. Also fixed Steam Cloud pointing to the wrong directory on Mac, which I guess has been broken ever since the ga

Oct 12, 2023
The Eyes of Ara patch 1.5.1

Minor patch update to fix the black screen bug that would occur when entering Chapter 3 while the Halloween or Christmas holiday events were active.

Jan 09, 2023
The Eyes of Ara version 1.5 update

What's this, a new patch for The Eyes of Ara? That's right! Patch 1.5 is now live, and with it comes a few optimizations and improvements: FPS Limiter A new Limit Frame Rate option added to the Displa

Oct 27, 2021
Haunted Halloween

Darkness falls, a chill wind howls, From inky shadows come grizzly growls. A freaky terror creeps and crawls, There’s something spooky within these halls! Venture into The Eyes of Ara for a special Ha

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Free To Play
Player tagsAdventure · Puzzle · Mystery · Point & Click · Logic · First-Person · Hidden Object · Exploration · Atmospheric · Investigation · Difficult · Old School (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish * , German * , Russian * , French * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Simplified Chinese * *
Achievements28
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.eyesofara.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64bit or later Processor: 2.40GHz Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Video card with Shader model 3.0 support and at least 256MB of Memory DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space