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Lost in Play

Point-and-click puzzle adventure through childhood imagination and fantasy

Happy Juice Games · Published by Joystick Ventures · Released Aug 10, 2022

AdventureIndie

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
98% of 8,783
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
98% of 168 in 30 days
Players
34
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
3 years ago
Dec 5, 2022
Minimum PC
4 GB RAM · 3 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)

What is Lost in Play?

Lost in Play is a 2D point-and-click adventure about a brother and sister trying to find their way home. You move between everyday places and fantasy settings, solving puzzles and playing mini-games as you encounter goblins and other creatures.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy family-friendly cartoons with wordless storytelling
  • +you like solving varied puzzles and playing mini-games

Not for you if...

  • −you want a dialogue-driven story
  • −you need puzzles with a consistent difficulty curve

What players say

98% of 8,783 reviews are positive · 98% of 168 in the last 30 days

Players praise the art, animation, humor, and puzzles, and some enjoy solving them with their children. Complaints focus on uneven puzzle difficulty and the lack of a skip option for certain challenges, especially a card game.

Players over time

▼ -36% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 50 players on Oct 11, 2026.

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Nov 7, 202634
Nov 6, 202615
Nov 5, 202611
Nov 4, 202620
Nov 3, 202617
Nov 2, 202624
Nov 1, 202635
Oct 31, 202642
Oct 30, 202623
Oct 29, 202624
Oct 28, 202624
Oct 27, 202623
Oct 26, 202617
Oct 25, 202619
Oct 24, 202620
Oct 23, 202615
Oct 22, 202612
Oct 21, 202619
Oct 20, 202613
Oct 18, 202633
Oct 17, 202644
Oct 16, 202630
Oct 15, 202635
Oct 14, 202637
Oct 13, 202635
Oct 11, 202650
Oct 10, 202643
Oct 9, 202631
Oct 8, 202633
Oct 7, 202645
Oct 6, 202639
Oct 4, 202642
Oct 3, 202637
Oct 2, 202624
Oct 1, 202622
Sep 30, 202617
Sep 29, 202615
Sep 27, 202621
Sep 26, 202631
Sep 25, 202621
Sep 24, 202611
Sep 23, 202626
Sep 23, 20268
Sep 22, 202611

How many players finish Lost in Play?

56% of Steam players have unlocked «Homecoming», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Lost in Play screenshot 1

Lost in Play system requirements

Minimum: 4 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run Lost in Play?

The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7 or later
Processor
i3 7100 or better
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
3 GB available space

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
i5 or better
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space

Does Lost in Play have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Lost in Play run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
19
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Hebrew.

Does Lost in Play use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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