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Year Walk
Venture out into the dark woods where strange creatures roam, on a vision quest set in 19th century Sweden. Solve and decipher cryptic puzzles, listen for clues, and learn about mysterious folklore creatures in the built-in encyclopedia as you seek to foresee your future.
View on Steam ↗ $5.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Year Walk is one of those rare games that feels less like a playthrough and more like a haunting. It’s a short experience on paper, but emotionally it lingers far longer — a winter ritual carved out of folklore, grief, and the strange logic of old stories. You wander through a…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Beautiful, atmospheric and has so much replay value”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Year Walk is one of those rare games that lingers with you long after you've put it down — I went in knowing nothing about Swedish folklore and came out genuinely curious about Årsgång and the mythological creatures I encountered along the way. The atmosphere is the real star…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedAchievement 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.
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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 | Horror · Indie · Adventure · Atmospheric · Puzzle · Point & Click · Story Rich · Surreal · Dark · Short · Singleplayer · Walking Simulator (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://simogo.com/work/year-walk/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Pixel Shader 2.0, 256 MB Storage: 1100 MB available space