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The Way
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“A game that sets out to rebottle some of the lightning of Eric Chahi's groundbreaking Another World has some pretty big shoes to fill. There have been attempts to craft another game in its vein, ranging from the attempted direct sequel Heart of the Alien to the famous and…”
— a player, Steam review · 149 hrs played“What wouldn't one do for saving his loved one? I love this puzzle platformer, despite it being mildly frustrating due to the puzzle difficulty. Shorter version of the review This is a slow-paced puzzle platformer, personally i felt like crying at times due to the difficulty of…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“The Way is a 2D action/platform puzzler reminiscent of a few classic games like Heart of Darkness and Out of this World. The short of things is that it's just not very enjoyable because the puzzles tend to involve a ton of busywork, the hit detection is rather unforgiving, there…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 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 2026-10-24.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Steam Trading Cards now available!
Good news! Finally, there are a bunch of awesome Trading Cards, Steam Badges, Emotes and Profile Backgrounds to collect while playing The Way on Steam! Enjoy!
Steam Trading Cards now available!
Good news! Finally, there are a bunch of awesome Trading Cards, Steam Badges, Emotes and Profile Backgrounds to collect while playing The Way on Steam! Enjoy!
The Way 1.07b - mac and linux fix
Hotfix to the last version of the game resolving issue which prevented mac and linux users from running the latest version List of changes: Fixed bug preventing mac and linux users from running the ga
The Way 1.07b - mac and linux fix
Hotfix to the last version of the game resolving issue which prevented mac and linux users from running the latest version List of changes: Fixed bug preventing mac and linux users from running the ga
The Way 1.07 - bug fixes and changes in the final level
Minor update based on player feedback. List of changes: Made the "pirate" enemy attack pattern more predictable, making him easier to kill :) Adjusted enemy placement in the final level, making it les
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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 | Adventure · Indie · Action · Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Puzzle-Platformer · 2D · Sci-fi · Retro · Singleplayer · Side Scroller · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Official site | http://thewaygame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent Memory: 2048 MB RAM Graphics: GeForce 8600GT Storage: 1 GB available space