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THE LONGING
An unusual mix of adventure and idle game. In utter loneliness deep below the surface, it's your task to wait for the awakening of your king... for 400 days.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“The premise of this game is it's the slow 400 day game. You wait in real time for spiders to spin webs and moss to grow and water drops to disrupt the ground. That's all in the pitch and it is everything this game is. I kind of want to downvote this game. I can't in good faith…”
— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs played“In many ways this game saved my life. I suffered a long illness where I was completely bedbound and could not speak, tolerate sound, light, or touch, and most days could barely think at all, only lie trapped in my body, barely able to move. As I began to recover, I used this…”
— a player, Steam review · 103 hrs played“definitely one of the most unique games i have played, and something that stood out to me is the fact that the quirk of the game, that being the passage of time, atleast in my experience, didnt take away from the fun that it provided. not for everyone, but a game i enjoyed a lot.”
— a player, Steam review · 436 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:05 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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New Studio Seufz game
Dear inhabitants of the caves, here's Anselm, creator of The Longing. As some of you might already know, The Longing took me over 4 years to make. After it was finished, I was sure that the next proje
A Shade Plushie Returns + New Pins
Dear inhabitants of the caves, Due to high demand for the original plushie, Makeship was kind enough to bring it back, again for a limited time only. They also started a campaign for new enamel pins o
Maintenance Update Completed
Dear cave inhabitants, The maintenance update that was previously accessible only via the beta branch is now available to all players. It mainly consists of small bug fixes accumulated over the last f
Maintenance Update
Dear cave inhabitants, it has been some time since we released a maintenance update, for testing is always a complicated affair with this game. There have been a lot of small bug fixes accumulated ove
Upcoming Studio Seufz game
Hello folks, as many of you have noticed, Studio Seufz has been working on a new game for a few years now. For anyone interested, I'll talk a bit about what I and the studio have been up to: First off
Games like THE LONGING
From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.
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Close Your Eyes [Old Version]
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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.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Point & Click · Walking Simulator · Choose Your Own Adventure · Idler · 2D · Underground · Multiple Endings · Exploration · Atmospheric · Choices Matter · Hand-drawn · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.399d-23h-59m-59s.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: 1.2 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1024MB VRAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 5 GB available space