Action · April 27, 2016

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition (2016)

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NEW IN THE DEFINITIVE EDITION • Packed with new and additional content: New areas, new secrets, new abilities, more story sequences, multiple difficulty modes, full backtracking support and much more! • Discover Naru’s past in two brand new environments. • Master two powerful new abilities – Dash and Light Burst. • Find new secret areas and explore Nibel faster by teleporting between Spirit Wells. The forest of Nibel is dying. After a powerful storm sets a series of devastating events in motion, Ori must journey to find courage and confront a dark nemesis to save the forest of Nibel. “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios. Featuring hand-painted artwork, meticulously animated character performance, a fully orchestrated score and dozens of new features in the Definitive Edition, “Ori and the Blind Forest” explores a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.

Action releases from 2016

168 Action titles launched in 2016 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume67.0k Steam reviewsTop 9% in Action
Positive rating95% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 14%
Metacritic88/100Genre average 77 — top 9% of Action titles
Concurrent peak196 playersTop 25% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours9 h averageTop 51% for session depth among Action

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Atmospheric · 1.1k
  • Great Soundtrack · 1.0k
  • Metroidvania · 1.0k
  • Platformer · 999
  • Adventure · 763
  • Story Rich · 670
  • Singleplayer · 615
  • Cute · 556
  • Difficult · 488
  • Action · 478
  • Fantasy · 455
  • 2D · 414
  • Indie · 346
  • Puzzle · 299
  • Side Scroller · 263

Reception Metrics

Steam community

95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 67.0k reviews

63.6k positive · 3.3k negative

Metacritic

88/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.6/10

Curator recommendations

60.5k

Peak concurrent players

196

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Stats
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (8)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Russian
  • Portuguese - Brazil

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

9h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

6h

Typical completion time

Achievements

57

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 27, 2016
DeveloperMoon Studios GmbH
PublisherXbox Game Studios
Base price$4.99 -75%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

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Editions & Packages

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