Loneliness
A minimalist exploration game about isolation, told through moving squares
Jordan Magnuson · Released Mar 1, 2021
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 179
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 5 years ago
- Feb 22, 2021
What is Loneliness?
This free, top-down art game explores loneliness in a playthrough lasting a few minutes. You cross a flat landscape populated by squares whose movement patterns represent social behavior, with no controls beyond movement.
For you if...
- +you enjoy abstract games with a dark, reflective mood
Not for you if...
- −you want varied mechanics rather than movement alone
What players say
88% of 179 reviews are positive
Players praise how the squares' reactions reflect experiences of loneliness. Negative reviews criticize the repetitive gameplay.
Screenshots and trailer
Loneliness system requirements
Minimum: 0.3 GB RAM, 0 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Loneliness?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows
- Memory
- 256 MB RAM
- Storage
- 20 MB available space
Does Loneliness have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Loneliness run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
Does Loneliness 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 Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam