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The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
J.J. scours Memoria Island to find her best friend, who has gone missing during a camping trip. In order to save her best friend, she puts her own body and life on the line, reviving infinitely, as she presses forward. Why did she go missing? What is going on in this world?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“Over two years ago, this game gave me the courage to open up to my own Emily. Now I'm playing it again, and soon I'll be her wife. This game is a beautiful, painful experience and I can't be thankful enough that it exists.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“The Missing: J.J. Macfeild and the Island of Memories has ended up being my nominee for game of the year in 2018. I know this obscure indie game will never be a finalist, and that’s fine. I know the game has a strange clumsiness; and that clumsiness really does bring down the…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“It's overall a lot less crazy than his other games but still very much Swery. I thought the puzzle design was pretty good, although the platforming was a bit too stiff and occasionally rather frustrating. In regards to the plot, all i can say without spoiling is, that parts of…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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「The MISSING – J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories -」Demo version out today
Having the game released on October 11th, 2018, the revolutionary game system and the touching story has earned the game multiple awards from various events, such as "The MIX Seattle(PAX) 2018" and "B
v1.0.2 Update (Oct 11th, 2019)
The following changes have been applied for the game upon the v1.0.2 patch: New contents: - You can now view the obtained/maximum number of donuts during chapter select for each stage. - You can now v
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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 | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Female Protagonist · Gore · LGBTQ+ · Puzzle-Platformer · Indie · Adventure · Story Rich · Emotional · Action · Horror · Anime · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Official site | https://www.arcsystemworks.jp/missing/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (64-bit OS) Processor: Intel Core i-5 @ 2.4GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 520 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio Device