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The Search
Embark on a journey of discovery and inspiration in The Search - a story-driven puzzle-adventure set in a mysterious world where art comes to life!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“A decent game, maybe too short, easy puzzles. The "philosophical" side to it basically boils down to finding notes which make statements about creating art and its connection to the "self" and the world, and then the narrator explains these in layman's English. So not much going…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“The Search is a really interesting game, discussing topics I'm not used to in video games, and I like it a lot. I'll have to admit: the movement is kind of tedious, the puzzles are easy and the story is very linear, not giving a lot of room for discovering stuff on your own.…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“There is no tutorial, but the game involves magic that could alter reality. The controls are annoying to use. The hints are vague. The click to move aspect was a pain to use a generation ago, so why now?”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:24 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
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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
New game: "Discolored - Episode 2" official announcement!
Hi everyone, Hope you are well! The new game I've been working on, Discolored - Episode 2 is officially announced! It took a bit longer to get everything ready (typical of game development) but finall
Romanian translation added
The Search has now been translated into Romanian! Thanks to Adrian Mladin for the translation! Still have a couple more translations to come :) Be well and stay safe everyone, Jason
Polish translation added
The Search has now been translated into Polish. Thank you Paweł Fornagiel for the translation! A couple more translations are still coming. :) Be well and stay safe everyone, Jason
Japanese and Serbian translations added
The Search has now been translated into Japanese and Serbian. Thank you Kenichi Yonetsu & Asami Nogawa for the Japanese translation! Thank you Miloš Vlajković for the Serbian translation! A few more t
Turkish and Vietnamese translations added
The Search has now been translated into Turkish and Vietnamese! Thank you to Özgür Uçar for the Turkish translation and to Triết Tạ for the Vietnamese translation. A few more translations are coming :
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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 |
| Player tags | Exploration · Puzzle · Hidden Object · Point & Click · Female Protagonist · First-Person · Relaxing · Surreal · Story Rich · Narration · Casual · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, Japanese, Polish, Romanian * |
| Achievements | 9 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.jasongodbey.com/the-search/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3-370M @ 2.40GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space