The Meaning
Short description
"The Meaning" is a first-person psychological horror game focused on tense exploration and immersive storytelling. You are Ethen Daniels, a man who is struggling with the loss of his family and is now pursuing the meaning of life once again.
- Developer
- Ember Eye Studio
- Publisher
- Ember Eye Studio
- Release
- Sat, Oct 22, 2022
- Price
- $4.99
- Reviews
- 20
- Positive
- 65%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 0 – 20K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Action, Casual, Indie
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $4.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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History
Tracking started Aug 12, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.
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