The Path
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2009
Platforms
Genres
- psychological horror fiction
- adventure game*
- horror game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Engines
- Quest3D
Localized titles
- The Path
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Dutch*
- Danish*
- French*
- German*
- Hungarian*
- Italian*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Spanish - Spain*
Community tags · historical
- Walking Simulator*
- Votes · historical
- 146*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 114*
- Horror*
- Votes · historical
- 112*
- Female Protagonist*
- Votes · historical
- 105*
- Exploration*
- Votes · historical
- 103*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 97*
- Surreal*
- Votes · historical
- 88*
- Experimental*
- Votes · historical
- 64*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 62*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 49*
- Gothic*
- Votes · historical
- 48*
- Dark*
- Votes · historical
- 41*
- Psychological Horror*
- Votes · historical
- 36*
- Story Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 33*
- Third Person*
- Votes · historical
- 28*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Votes · historical
- 23*
- Short*
- Votes · historical
- 17*
- Experience*
- Votes · historical
- 17*
- Psychological*
- Votes · historical
- 10*
- Nudity*
- Votes · historical
- 6*
System requirements
- macOS · Unspecified tier*
- Processor alternatives
- 2 Ghz*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 500 MB Video Card: Recent Geforce® or Radeon® x6xxx 256 MB (no integrated graphics)*
- Audio hardware
- Any Sound Card*
- Conditions
- Operating System: Mac OS X 10.8*
- Windows · Unspecified tier*
- Processor alternatives
- 2 Ghz*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 500 MB Video Card: Recent Geforce® or Radeon® x6xxx 256 MB (no integrated graphics)*
- Audio hardware
- Any Sound Card DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c*
- Conditions
- Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista*
- Windows · Minimum*
- Processor alternatives
- 2 Ghz*
- Memory
- 1 GB*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Silver*
- Reports
- 16*
- Community confidence
- moderate*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Tale of Tales
Publishers
- Tale of Tales
Release history
- 2009-03-18
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2009-03-18 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2009-03-18*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Mar 18, 2009*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 6 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- 2 Ghz*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 1* GB
- Name
- The Path*
- Release year
- 2,009*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- 2 Ghz*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 1 GB*
Specifications 2 · 6 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Tale of Tales
- Tale of Tales*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- adventure game
- adventure game*
- horror game
- horror game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Tale of Tales
- Tale of Tales*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2009-03-18 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2009-03-18*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 3 · 33 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 0*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 165* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Tale of Tales*
- DLC count · historical
- 0*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 100000 - 200000*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Linux support · historical
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 146* min
- Metacritic score
- 79*
- Name
- The Path*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 211*
- Peak ccu
- 1*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 758*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 9.99*
- Publishers
- Tale of Tales*
- Recommendations
- 839*
- Store release date · historical
- Mar 18, 2009*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Dutch*
- Danish*
- French*
- German*
- Hungarian*
- Italian*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Game website · historical
- http://Tale-of-Tales.com/ThePath*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Tale of Tales
- Tale of Tales*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Tale of Tales
- Tale of Tales*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Mar 18, 2009*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Dutch*
- Danish*
- French*
- German*
- Hungarian*
- Italian*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 231* min
- Ccu
- 1*
- Developer
- Tale of Tales*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Historical US original list price
- 999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- Dutch*
- Danish*
- French*
- German*
- Hungarian*
- Italian*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 183* min
- Name
- The Path*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 211*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 100,000 .. 200,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 758*
- Historical US price
- 999* US cents
- Publisher
- Tale of Tales*
- Community tags · historical
- Walking Simulator*
- Indie*
- Horror*
- Female Protagonist*
- Exploration*
- Adventure*
- Surreal*
- Experimental*
- Atmospheric*
- Singleplayer*
- Gothic*
- Dark*
- Psychological Horror*
- Story Rich*
- Third Person*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Short*
- Experience*
- Psychological*
- Nudity*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Languages
- English*
- Dutch*
- Danish*
- French*
- German*
- Hungarian*
- Italian*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Community tags · historical
- Walking Simulator
- Walking Simulator*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Horror
- Horror*
- Female Protagonist
- Female Protagonist*
- Exploration
- Exploration*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Surreal
- Surreal*
- Experimental
- Experimental*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Gothic
- Gothic*
- Dark
- Dark*
- Psychological Horror
- Psychological Horror*
- Story Rich
- Story Rich*
- Third Person
- Third Person*
- Great Soundtrack
- Great Soundtrack*
- Short
- Short*
- Experience
- Experience*
- Psychological
- Psychological*
- Nudity
- Nudity*
- Tags votes
- Walking Simulator
- Votes · historical
- 146*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 114*
- Horror
- Votes · historical
- 112*
- Female Protagonist
- Votes · historical
- 105*
- Exploration
- Votes · historical
- 103*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 97*
- Surreal
- Votes · historical
- 88*
- Experimental
- Votes · historical
- 64*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 62*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 49*
- Gothic
- Votes · historical
- 48*
- Dark
- Votes · historical
- 41*
- Psychological Horror
- Votes · historical
- 36*
- Story Rich
- Votes · historical
- 33*
- Third Person
- Votes · historical
- 28*
- Great Soundtrack
- Votes · historical
- 23*
- Short
- Votes · historical
- 17*
- Experience
- Votes · historical
- 17*
- Psychological
- Votes · historical
- 10*
- Nudity
- Votes · historical
- 6*
Specifications 5 · 27 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Tale of Tales*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- macOS requirements
- Operating System: Mac OS X 10.8 Processor: 2 Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 500 MB Video Card: Recent Geforce® or Radeon® x6xxx 256 MB (no integrated graphics) Sound Card: Any Sound Card *
- Metacritic score
- 79*
- Name
- The Path*
- Windows requirements
- Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista Processor: 2 Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 500 MB Video Card: Recent Geforce® or Radeon® x6xxx 256 MB (no integrated graphics) Sound Card: Any Sound Card DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $9.99*
- Publishers
- Tale of Tales*
- Recommendations total
- 831*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Mar 18, 2009*
- Interface languages
- English, Dutch, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Tale of Tales
- Tale of Tales*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Unspecified tier
- Processor alternatives
- 2 Ghz*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 500 MB Video Card: Recent Geforce® or Radeon® x6xxx 256 MB (no integrated graphics)*
- Audio hardware
- Any Sound Card*
- Conditions
- Operating System: Mac OS X 10.8*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Unspecified tier
- Processor alternatives
- 2 Ghz*
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 500 MB Video Card: Recent Geforce® or Radeon® x6xxx 256 MB (no integrated graphics)*
- Audio hardware
- Any Sound Card DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c*
- Conditions
- Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Tale of Tales
- Tale of Tales*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Mar 18, 2009*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Dutch*
- Danish*
- French*
- German*
- Hungarian*
- Italian*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Spanish - Spain*
Specifications 6 · 15 fields
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- playable*
- Store genres
- Adventure|Indie*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 8,020*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- moderate*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 16*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- silver*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,009*
- Title
- The Path*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Silver*
- Reports
- 16*
- Community confidence
- moderate*
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* Provisional data