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Whispering Willows

Whispering Willows

Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.

Released Jul 9, 2014 Developer Night Light Interactive Publisher Akupara Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Story RichAtmosphericAdventureGreat SoundtrackFemale Protagonist
View on Steam ↗ $1.99 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

81.9%positive1,898 reviews
Recommended · 70 found this helpful

“In "Whispering Willows" you play as Elena, a young girl looking for her missing father. All we know is that he disappeared while working at the Willows Mansion. Along the way, you discover that you are capable of leaving your earthly body, through your amulet, to another realm,…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 119 found this helpful

“Games like this are hard to judge on face value alone. When you take more common, action oriented titles, it can be easier to tell from just a minute or two of uninterrupted gameplay footage if a game is going to be worth your time or not. But slower paced, narrative focused…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 72 found this helpful

“Whispering Willows is a beautiful game. Unfortunately, it's true only if you use 'beautiful' as a word for 'very pretty' or 'extremely pleasant to look at'. The gameplay and puzzles are repetitive and boring. The story and writing are mediocre. You're looking at, give or take, 3…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2024-09 via SteamCharts.

2,527all-time peak
0 50 100 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 82 avg · May 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

20achievements
18.8%median completion
10.3%rarest: Light Light
41.1% of players 33.3% of players 26.1% of players 25.3% of players 24.1% of players 23.4% of players 23.0% of players 20.6% of players 20.4% of players 19.1% of players 18.8% of players 18.7% of players 18.2% of players 18.2% of players 15.6% of players 14.6% of players 13.2% of players 10.9% of players 10.4% of players 10.3% of players 41.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
41.1%First Contact — Meet Flying Hawk
33.3%I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost — Escape the Catacombs
26.1%Give them a Hand — Escape the Basement
Rarest badges of honor
10.3%Light Light — Find the Night Light logo
10.4%This S**t is Bananas — Find the Animax logo
10.9%Rest Your Soul — Rest at a bonfire

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.

$1.99−80% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$9.99base price
$0.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-03
US1.99 USD−80%
EU1.59 EUR−80%
UK1.39 GBP−80%
Australia2.90 AUD−80%
Canada2.19 CAD−80%
Japan196 JPY−80%
Brazil3.99 BRL−80%
China7.00 CNY−80%

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

Brazil≈$0.8 China Japan Canada EU UK US Australia≈$2.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-25 08-10 08-28 09-14 10-01 10-20

Latest official news

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

Sep 15, 2026
New Bundle! - Macabre Mysteries

Hey Spooky Spirits! We have a new bundle to transcend into! The Macabre Mysteries brings together three adventure games, Cabernet , Kumitantei , and Whispering Willows together at an extra discount! -

Oct 04, 2024
Akupara Games Celebrates 8 Year with Sales and Livestream

Hey Akuparians! Guess what, it’s our birthday!, Akupara Games is turning 8 years old and to celebrate, we have put Whispering Willows on sale for 88% off! Be sure to grab those deals, check out our lo

Jul 10, 2020
Whispering Willows Patch 1.6.4 Notes

Greetings, Spooky Spirits! Ever since launch, we've been keeping an eye on all the bug reports and community feedback the game has gotten. Today, we're releasing a small patch to address a whole host

Oct 26, 2019
Patch 1.6.2 Notes

Greetings, Spooky Spirits! A new build goes live today that fixes some of the bugs and issues recently reported. Spiders should now behave as normal! Patch Notes Adjusted hitboxes and pathing for spid

May 02, 2019
Patch 1.6.1

Greetings, spooky spirits! We implemented a quick hotfix today to patch some achievement bugs that cropped up in April's 1.60 update. Bugfixes Achievement "Light Light" can now be completed correctly

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsStory Rich · Atmospheric · Adventure · Great Soundtrack · Female Protagonist · Indie · Singleplayer · Horror · Mystery · Exploration · Puzzle · Supernatural (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements20
Official sitehttp://www.akuparagames.com/game/whispering-willows
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 3rd Gen i3/AMD FX-4100 Series Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 7 Series/Radeon R7 Series Storage: 2396 MB available space