How many people are playing :THE LONGING: right now?

:THE LONGING: has 48 players on Steam right now, with a 24-hour peak of 107 and an all-time peak of 1,051 on Mar 2020.

What is the all-time peak player count of :THE LONGING:?

1,051 concurrent players on Mar 2020.

:THE LONGING: was released on Steam on 5 Mar 2020.

Update cadence · public branch

PICS live

230 days

Since last public build

19 Jan 2026, 12:18 UTC

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0 with patch notes · 0 unannounced

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4 published · from the developer’s Steam news feed

Latest 4 years ago

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4 years ago	Full Steam Deck support and Polish translationmajor The Longing on Steam Deck! Great news: The Longing is now fully compatible with the gamepad of the Steam Deck and all necessary adjustments for font readability and playability have been made. The game can also be played with touch. Furthermore, a Polish translation was added to the game. Big thanks to the fans Jakub (OD-Jake), Michał and Filip who have invested a lot of time to make that happen!	—
4 years ago	Game Update and Steam Trading Cardsmajor It has been a while, since the Steam version of THE LONGING has received any updates. This was mainly due to the fact that the game was ported to other platforms, like the Nintendo Switch. When I first started making the game I used ancient technology like Unity 5, so our publisher ASH had the terrifying task to overhaul the game technically in many aspects, making it smoother to play and hopef…	—
6 years ago	The public library has openedmajor Book Converter After the release, we promised to have translations of the books and finally we have found a solution: Players can now upload and download custom books via the Steam Workshop of The Longing. This doesn't change the number of books in the game, but you can replace the ones you found with different ones, for example translations in your language. Of course there is a limited number…	—
6 years ago	Content Update and Soundtrack Release

:THE LONGING:

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19 Jan 2026	Mon	12:18	No patch notes · unannounced build	20401889	public	3	—

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