Lost in Play

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

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

Adventure Indie

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 98% of 9,351
Recent reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 97% of 427 in 30 days
Playing now: 26; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 3 years ago; Oct 19, 2022

Free demo available, 1 playing it now: get the demo.

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 9,351 reviews are positive · 97% of 427 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.

Screenshots and trailer

Lost in Play system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

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

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 19
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Verified

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

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

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.