One-off purchase
Return of the Obra Dinn cost to play
What Return of the Obra Dinn costs on Steam UK and the Nintendo eShop UK, its PEGI 16 rating and how many play it on Steam.
Return of the Obra Dinn gameplay, images and trailer
© 3909, Return of the Obra Dinn trailer “Announcement” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £16.75: Cheapest standard price: Return of the Obra Dinn (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 8 h to beat: Main story: 8 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- £2.09 an hour: £16.75 ÷ 8 hours (main story)
- 593 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 16: Age rating
- Released
- 18 October 2018
- Developer
- Lucas Pope
- Publisher
- 3909
- Platforms
- PS4, PC, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- Modes
- Single-player
On this page
Return of the Obra Dinn player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 593
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 278
- 126 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +13%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 1,766
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Is Return of the Obra Dinn dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Return of the Obra Dinn peaked at 278 players at once in September 2026, with 126 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are down 56% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS4, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 126 | 278 | +13.5% |
| August 2026 | 139 | 245 | +4.3% |
| July 2026 | 141 | 235 | −65.3% |
| June 2026 | 224 | 677 | −19.0% |
| May 2026 | 178 | 836 | +313.9% |
| April 2026 | 107 | 202 | −11.4% |
| March 2026 | 109 | 228 | −35.2% |
| February 2026 | 172 | 352 | −70.7% |
| January 2026 | 345 | 1,203 | +391.0% |
| December 2025 | 126 | 245 | −42.1% |
| November 2025 | 163 | 423 | −76.0% |
| October 2025 | 310 | 1,766 | – |
What Return of the Obra Dinn costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return of the Obra Dinn (Steam UK, standard price) | £16.75 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
| Return of the Obra Dinn (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK) | £17.99 | game | nintendo.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
How long is Return of the Obra Dinn?
Return of the Obra Dinn takes about 8 hours to finish the main story, and about 10.5 hours to complete everything.
- Main story8 h
- Main + extras9.5 h
- Completionist10.5 h
Cost per hour (main story)
£2.09
£16.75 on Steam UK ÷ 8 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 5 Nov 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Return of the Obra Dinn is rated
GamesChart Score
87.0, #56 of 3,236 rated games
#5 of 2018 · #32 of the 2010s · #9 in Indie · #28 on Nintendo
Critics
Players
Built from 35,005 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #55
Dark Souls2011 · FromSoftware87.0 - #56
Return of the Obra Dinn2018 · Lucas Pope87.0 - #57
Fallout 21998 · Black Isle Studios87.0
Return of the Obra Dinn questions
How much does Return of the Obra Dinn cost in the UK?
Return of the Obra Dinn (Steam UK, standard price): £16.75. Return of the Obra Dinn (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo eShop UK): £17.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Return of the Obra Dinn free to play?
No. Return of the Obra Dinn is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is Return of the Obra Dinn?
Main story: about 8 hours. Main + extras: about 9.5 hours. Completionist: about 10.5 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £16.75, that's £2.09 per hour (main story).
What age rating is Return of the Obra Dinn?
Return of the Obra Dinn is rated PEGI 16.
How many people play Return of the Obra Dinn?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 593, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 1,766.
What is Return of the Obra Dinn's all-time Steam peak?
1,766 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Return of the Obra Dinn (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 593. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Return of the Obra Dinn dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Return of the Obra Dinn peaked at 278 players at once in September 2026, with 126 playing at any moment on average. Peaks are down 56% on the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS4, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Return of the Obra Dinn player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on PS4, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Return of the Obra Dinn?
Return of the Obra Dinn is developed by Lucas Pope and published by 3909.
Return of the Obra Dinn is a single-player first-person puzzle and mystery game, drawn in a one-bit black-and-white style, made by Lucas Pope and published by 3909. It first came out on 18 October 2018 on PC and Mac via Steam, and is sold at a one-off price. It ranks #56 in our best games of all time ranking.
How it plays
Return of the Obra Dinn is a single-player, first-person mystery adventure based on exploration and logical deduction, drawn in a style its developer describes as having minimal colour.
In 1802 the merchant ship Obra Dinn left London for the Orient with over 200 tons of trade goods. Six months later it had not met its rendezvous point at the Cape of Good Hope and was declared lost at sea. On the morning of 14 October 1807 the ship drifts into port at Falmouth with damaged sails and no visible crew.
The player is the insurance investigator for the East India Company's London office, sent to Falmouth to find a way on board and prepare an assessment of damages. The Steam page's shipping notice lists a crew of 51 men under Captain R. Witterel. On PC the game has full controller support and Steam Cloud saves.
What it costs
On Steam UK the game costs £16.75 at standard price. On the Nintendo eShop UK the Switch version costs £17.99, £1.24 more. Steam shows one DLC item for the game.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 593 concurrent players, read on 21 October 2026. Its all-time peak on Steam Charts is 1,766. Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Xbox players aren't counted.
Age rating
Return of the Obra Dinn is rated PEGI 16 for violence. It was rated on 18 October 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
How we checked
Prices are the Steam UK and Nintendo eShop UK listings, read on 21 October 2026, at standard price. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day. The PEGI rating is from pegi.info. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.
Card art and page images: screenshots from 3909's Return of the Obra Dinn Steam store page. © 3909. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with 3909.
Official links: obradinn.com · Steam · nintendo.com
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Sources
- Card art and page images – Return of the Obra Dinn Steam store screenshots (3909), published by store.steampowered.com
- Steam UK – Return of the Obra Dinn, published by store.steampowered.com
- Nintendo UK – Return of the Obra Dinn, published by nintendo.com
- PEGI rating – Return of the Obra Dinn, published by pegi.info
- Steam Charts – Return of the Obra Dinn, published by steamcharts.com
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