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Which walking sims actually get played?

51 walking sims owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by how many owners got past Steam’s two-hour refund window. Across all of them it’s 34%.

S4 games
  1. #1Heaven Island - VR MMO81% of 47
  2. #2Firewatch61% of 117
  3. #3VERGE:Lost chapter81% of 31
  4. #4MIND Path to Thalamus E.Edition71% of 38
A10 games
  1. #5Heaven Island Life67% of 39
  2. #6The Town of Light59% of 44
  3. #735MM63% of 32
  4. #8KHOLAT50% of 94
  5. #9Beyond Eyes58% of 38
  6. #10The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe52% of 62
  7. #11The Vanishing of Ethan Carter50% of 66
  8. #12Mouthwashing49% of 55
  9. #1311-11 Memories Retold48% of 60
  10. #14The Stanley Parable44% of 115
B15 games
  1. #15The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux45% of 66
  2. #16What Remains of Edith Finch45% of 66
  3. #17The Next Door49% of 37
  4. #18Layers of Fear (2016)42% of 121
  5. #19Close To The Sun48% of 33
  6. #20The Painscreek Killings47% of 36
  7. #21Aporia: Beyond The Valley48% of 31
  8. #22Submerged46% of 35
  9. #23The Invincible41% of 63
  10. #24ABZÛ36% of 70
  11. #25Jazzpunk: Director's Cut35% of 52
  12. #26Fort Solis34% of 38
  13. #27Deliver Us The Moon33% of 33
  14. #28Sable33% of 36
  15. #29Cloudpunk33% of 46
C13 games
  1. #30Gone Home32% of 56
  2. #31INDIKA31% of 42
  3. #32Tacoma30% of 64
  4. #33The Norwood Suite26% of 43
  5. #34Journey25% of 56
  6. #35The First Tree24% of 46
  7. #36The Suicide of Rachel Foster23% of 43
  8. #371000xRESIST16% of 45
  9. #38Paradise Lost15% of 53
  10. #39Dear Esther12% of 51
  11. #40The Exit 86% of 35
  12. #41Paratopic3% of 32

And 1 more: Nephise Begins.

D9 games
  1. #43Proteus3% of 34
  2. #44The Beginner's Guide11% of 61
  3. #45The Search8% of 48
  4. #46Vane0% of 31
  5. #47Scanner Sombre6% of 52
  6. #48SLUDGE LIFE8% of 73
  7. #49Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island0% of 51
  8. #50Overcome Your Fears - Caretaker1% of 69
  9. #51Terrors to Unveil - Day Off1% of 79

Counted from the Steam libraries read here, by the hours Steam has on each game; free games are left out, since Steam lists one as owned only once it has been played. A game owned in only a few libraries is pulled toward the kind’s 34% as if 60 more owners had played it like the typical one, so a lucky handful can’t top the list. S is the top 8%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the next 25%, D the rest.