PC (Microsoft Windows)2020

Playne

A game designed to help improve mental well-being by helping players build a daily habit of meditation. Every day you meditate, the game world grows and transforms. Build resilience to stress, experience calm and relaxation.

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At your ripe old age of 417, you’ve forgotten what made the sun stop moving, how the trees stopped growing and how everyone became immortal. That is, until you met a little fox who wanted to help you remember, who wanted to show you how to bring balance back to the world.

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1,218 Steam reviews

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Steam User 8816STEAMRecommended

Cute. Relaxing.

Mar 27, 2026·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 3963STEAMNot recommended

Its not really a game but try to be a game that teaches you meditation. In the end with all the achievements and that it Fail at both things.

Its fails as a game since its not an engaging game and it becomes boring and annoying.

And it fails as a Meditation helper because the achievements are counter productive. Specially the Consecutive strike days, its force an habit without being realistic.

Feb 7, 2026·41h·1·Verified

Steam User 8989STEAMRecommended

I can see clearly now the rain has gone
I can see all obstacles in my way

Feb 5, 2026

Steam User 1798STEAMRecommended

PLAYNE is an unconventional and quietly ambitious title that challenges traditional ideas of what a video game is meant to accomplish. Developed by Krish Shrikumar and published by Vismaya, PLAYNE positions itself not as a test of reflexes or strategy, but as a tool for mindfulness, reflection, and personal well-being. Instead of objectives measured in scores or victories, the game invites players to slow down, breathe, and engage with meditation practices that directly shape a tranquil virtual world.

At the center of PLAYNE is a simple yet meaningful concept: your real-world mindfulness practice fuels in-game growth. Players arrive on a serene island that begins largely barren, gradually transforming as meditation sessions are completed. Trees grow, wildlife appears, weather shifts, and new areas open up, all reflecting consistency and time spent practicing awareness. This connection between personal habit and virtual change gives the experience a sense of purpose that goes beyond conventional progression systems, making the island feel like a personal space shaped by presence rather than performance.

The game offers multiple ways to engage depending on how structured or freeform the player wants their experience to be. Guided meditation sessions provide narrated exercises focused on breathing, awareness, and relaxation, making PLAYNE accessible to newcomers who may be unfamiliar with meditation. For those who prefer independence, open-ended modes allow players to sit quietly, observe the environment, or simply let the ambient soundscape accompany their thoughts. Over time, additional areas of the island unlock, offering gentle incentives to return without applying pressure or urgency.

Visually, PLAYNE adopts a calm and minimalist aesthetic rooted in natural landscapes. Soft lighting, gentle color palettes, and flowing environmental animations work together to create a space that feels inviting rather than stimulating. There is no visual clutter or intrusive interface competing for attention; instead, the environment encourages stillness and observation. The sound design is equally restrained, relying on ambient audio, natural effects, and subtle musical tones that support relaxation without dominating the experience.

One of the more distinctive features is the sandbox-style creative mode, which allows players to design and customize their own meditative environments. This mode emphasizes expression and comfort, letting players shape landscapes that feel personally meaningful or emotionally grounding. While this creative aspect is not deep in a traditional construction sense, it complements the game’s philosophy by reinforcing agency and intentionality rather than complexity.

PLAYNE also includes optional virtual reality support, which further enhances immersion for players with compatible hardware. In VR, the sense of presence becomes more pronounced, as environments surround the player and meditation exercises feel more embodied. While the core experience remains effective without VR, this option broadens the ways players can connect with the game’s calming intent.

Progression in PLAYNE is deliberately subtle. There are no fail states, timers, or punishments for stepping away. Growth happens slowly and naturally, mirroring the real-world process of building mindfulness habits. This approach can feel refreshing for players seeking a break from high-intensity or goal-driven games, but it may also feel aimless to those expecting clear structure or constant feedback. PLAYNE asks for patience and openness, rewarding consistency rather than short bursts of engagement.

Community response reflects this niche focus. Players who approach PLAYNE as a wellness tool or meditative companion often praise its calming atmosphere and its ability to encourage regular mindfulness practice. Others note that its value depends heavily on personal expectations; without interest in meditation or reflective play, the experience may feel minimal. This divide highlights that PLAYNE is not designed to appeal broadly, but to serve a specific purpose thoughtfully and sincerely.

Ultimately, PLAYNE stands apart as a rare example of a game built around mental well-being rather than challenge or competition. It uses interactivity not to stimulate adrenaline, but to foster calm, reflection, and routine. For players interested in mindfulness, stress relief, or simply a peaceful digital space to return to, PLAYNE offers a gentle and meaningful experience that redefines progress as presence and growth as patience.

Rating: 9/10

Jan 17, 2026·10h·1

Steam User 4994STEAMRecommended

A simple way to start a meditation practice. The "game" is mostly there to serve as a way to set a time, and save a few metrics like streak days, time meditated and so on. The story is a little interesting, though because it took me so long to reach each milestone I had somewhat forgotten what was going on.

Graphics are nice, nothing absolutely amazing, but for a game that is primarily meant to be "played" with your eyes closed and not clicking or typing, they are nice. I enjoy the ambience of the environment and the weather, though I had to adjust some of the sound levels to reduce distractions.

The guided meditations are okay, though there aren't very many of them. They become slightly repetitive, so I usually default to unguided. I had asked in the discord about potentially using other audio files for guided meditations, as there are a huge variety of them freely available online. The response was that the way I could do that is to play it in the background while Playne runs, but that there wouldn't be modification of the game to allow for that. Perhaps relevant to you, perhaps not.

All in all, I do highly recommend this game and it's cousin Inward. I think everyone would benefit from meditation and this might help you to make it a habit.

Dec 26, 2025·83h·Verified

Steam User 7024STEAMRecommended

i already was intermediate at meditating going into this game, but something about setting a time limit to your meditation disturbs the peace for me, im just waiting for the timer to run out instead of just meditating, i wish it had a setting where it would just silently record your time and you could stop anytime youre ready, i would come back to this game for the meditation tips but thats all

Dec 17, 2025·2·Verified

Steam User 1660STEAMRecommended

Good starting point for meditation.

Dec 13, 2025·16h·Verified

Steam User 6212STEAMRecommended

Nov 14, 2025·34h

Steam User 5150STEAMRecommended

I was searching to see if there were any games based on meditation and came across Playne. At first, I didn’t buy it because my old laptop only had an integrated GPU and the game recommended a GTX 960. After upgrading my setup, I bought it on sale and started playing.

The meditation exercises are simple and easy to follow, and practicing them daily helps develop a consistent meditation habit. You can choose how long to meditate and track your breathing and thoughts. The game lets you pause or stop at any time, and even short sessions can be helpful.

The game has two meditation modes. The first is the Habit Building Mode, where your in-game campfire grows day by day and can be fully grown in 60 days. If you break your streak, the campfire resets. The second is Passive Mode, where the campfire grows based on the total number of days you meditate, without depending on a streak.

Overall, this is a game that people can play every day to focus on meditation and it is the only good meditation game I have found on Steam.

Nov 10, 2025·10h·Verified

Steam User 1865STEAMRecommended

Too early in the habit building process to say how effective this will be or how it can affect my life in the long run but I can say, at the very least, that through Playne, for the first time in my life I feel like I'm actually meditating and it feels good.

Oct 24, 2025·16h·Verified

Steam User 7661STEAMRecommended

Meditation is hard for most of us. This game gives us a way and a reason, to grow trees, and to grow yourself. Thank you Krish. ~Ram Ram

Oct 11, 2025·181h·1·Verified

Steam User 1112STEAMRecommended

Legit tried. I have adhd so I unfortunately cannot meditate. But this got me closer to that feeling than anything else before.

Oct 7, 2025·4h·Verified

Steam User 2516STEAMNot recommended

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Oct 7, 2025·1h·2

Steam User 8096STEAMNot recommended

Lost my streak for the second time. Not because I failed, but because the game simply didn't save my last one. It happened twice. First I was puzzled and I thought maybe I misremembered, but it happened again today and I'm absolutely sure this time.

Sep 28, 2025·16h·2·Verified

Steam User 9232STEAMRecommended

Como funciona:
O objetivo do jogo é criar um hábito de meditação. Você começa num bioma que cresce e floresce de acordo com seu tempo e número de meditações realizadas, assim você tem uma representação visual do seu progresso. A fogueira reage a sua sequência, o fogo fica mais vigoroso. Se a sequência é quebrada, ou seja, se você fica um dia sem meditar, o fogo se torna apenas uma chama fraca e é preciso começar de novo.
O jogo traz um guru na forma de raposa, que te faz companhia na sua jornada e de tempos em tempos conta uma história ou propõe uma reflexão (tudo com texto e botões de resposta).
É possível configurar o tempo de meditação, o cenário dentro do bioma (sentado próximo ao fogo, a beira do rio, a beira do mar, etc...); o tempo (vento, chuva, sol...); o período do dia (o som da fauna reagirá se é dia ou noite), as guias visuais de respiração (profunda, lenta...) e o tipo de meditação proposto.
Muito completo e excelente para criar o hábito.
E a Raposa é uma querida!

Sep 24, 2025·76h·Verified

Steam User 9409STEAMRecommended

I play this and listen to teachings from Tibet.

Sep 22, 2025·1h·Verified

Steam User 3581STEAMRecommended

Some days ago, I searched for "Meditation" in Steam’s search bar. I wasn’t really expecting to find anything like what I had in mind, but then I discovered Playne. Wow—what a wonderful game.

At first, I was about to challenge anyone to find a negative review for this game, but then I stumbled upon stormcat215’s review. And actually, he’s right. The game works perfectly and does almost everything it promises, but unfortunately there’s no way to manually add a meditation. This means you can lose your streak if you can’t be in front of your screen for a day, which can be very frustrating.

Now, the game does give you the option to remove the streak counter and play in a mode where the campfire grows slower and never goes out. In streak mode, the fire grows faster, but if you miss even one day it turns off. So the frustration of losing a streak can actually be avoided—you can either ignore it, or just keep it as a way to see how many days in a row you’ve meditated in game, instead of “living for the streak.”

There’s another thing I don’t like: once a meditation has started, it can’t be cancelled. If you quit early—even after just 10 seconds—the game still counts it as a completed session and records it as your “last session.” Ten seconds is not a meditation, especially if I stopped just to change a setting.

He is also right about the “click the mouse button every time you have a thought.” That feels silly and distracting. And just like with the session time, once something is logged you can’t remove it. I ignored that function from the beginning, but I still have one single thought logged. And guess why? Because I misclicked once! That’s it—and yet it stays there forever, which is really annoying.

Overall, this is a very beautiful game, unique on Steam, and almost perfect. Here we’re just nitpicking because it deals with meditation—a topic where everything around you, distractions, and frustration must be flawless. Even the fact that I was able to list literally all the problems of this game in a single Steam review shows how close to perfection it is, since these issues are far fewer than what anyone would find even in the most played and highly acclaimed games in the world. Despite this, which is nothing compared to the immense number of positive aspects I could list, the game is truly worth it. If you can ignore these minor details, I highly recommend it. Just having your own mind as the protagonist, combined with incredible sounds, atmosphere, long-term unlockable goals and functions, is truly spectacular and one-of-a-kind. Honestly, I would pay 30+ euros for it… if I had them XD.

Sep 18, 2025·10h·6

Steam User 7237STEAMRecommended

As a person that has suffered from depression, anxiety and an overactive mind, I was recommended to try meditation by my therapist. Playne has helped me tremendously in my journey to better mental health. I'm still learning and growing but I feel like I make progress everyday. Thank you.

Sep 17, 2025·37h

Steam User 0437STEAMRecommended

명상에 도움이 되는 백색 소음과 호흡 주기를 간단하게 도와줘서 명상에 도움이 되긴 합니다만...
요즘은 유튜브로 같이 명상하는 컨텐츠가 많으니 그걸 보는게 나을 것 같긴 합니다.

배경과 배경음을 바꾸고 내가 명상을 한 여정을 이래저래 볼 수 있는 부분은 좋은 것 같습니다.

이걸 산다고 명상을 시작하고 꾸준히 할 수 있을거란 기대는 마시고...
먼저 유튜브를 이용하거나 혼자서 명상을 꾸준히 한 다음에 이런 프로그램을 활용해보고 싶은 욕망이 든다면 그때 사서 해보세요. 명상이 생활화 안되었다면 조금 하다 끄고 방치할 겁니다. 제가 지금 그렇네요. ㅎㅎ

Sep 12, 2025·2

Steam User 4050STEAMRecommended

i like how the environment and sounds slowly changes after each day, its never boring. I shift focus between my breath and the sounds while meditating, which helps me not falling asleep when im tired. Its fun and a great tool, i use it daily. I can recommend 👍

Aug 25, 2025·20h·1·Verified

Steam User 1855STEAMRecommended

If you're interested in meditation and/or you like/do it but struggle to keep up the habit, you should consider getting this game. I have managed to keep a 31 day streak using this game since i got it... 32 days ago. I look forward to my first attempt at the 365 day streak achievement....

Aug 10, 2025·110h·1·Verified

Steam User 3186STEAMRecommended

PLAYNE really shows the limitations of gamify-ing meditation; you can't, really. Which is why this is not a game, but instead provides an environment to meditate in.

I appreciated it for that, which is why I recommend it - but most of this review is gripes, hah. For starters, I didn't vibe with the mercilessness of the achievements. It's all about daily streaks, tied to real time, and if you miss one you start over. It was a lot to ask me to sit down at my gaming PC every day but I did make it one month before recognizing it as a chore; I think having a steamdeck would have made the experience more enjoyable to me.

Outside of meditation, the fox tells you the same half a dozen sentences, over and over. The environment changes so slowly you can blink and miss it. And the story parts... I did not understand. There's no story, really, but sometimes the fox has a philosophical anecdote to share. As stories, these were incredibly unsatisfying! At least there's not a whole bunch of that. Just a story, now and then, that comes out of nowhere, connects to nothing, and then disappears like smoke into the sky.

Don't get PLAYNE to play. Get it as a companion to help you get into daily meditation.

Aug 2, 2025·18h·4·Verified

Steam User 2930STEAMRecommended

Only sat down for one session, had a lot of thoughts, but I managed to focus on my breathing, and before I knew it, the minutes were up and I felt a lot more comfortable and relaxed.
It works on something we all have inside us, patience and focuse on nothing and being forgiving to ourselves when we can't focus.
This is a game is truly a personal experience, meaning only for yourself, you do it for you, and not for somebody else.
I would highly recommend this to anyone who needs a breather, feels tired, stressed, worried, anxious, or want to give it a try.
Do it for yourself, you deserve it!

Aug 2, 2025·3h·1·Verified

Steam User 0150STEAMRecommended

I think more mentally ill gamers can really use this game. Please for the love of god, they need to buy this game and use it daily.

Aug 1, 2025·12h·Verified

Steam User 6562STEAMNot recommended

I can see why this has so many positive reviews. If I had reviewed this in the first weeks I started using it, I would have given it a positive review as well. But 220 hours in and I've lost my streak for the second time. After the rage and frustration I now realize that i'm finally free of this stress-fest and couldn't be happier.

At first the "game" seemed like an interesting and fun way to get into meditation. Although I did learn very quickly to ignore the whole "click the mouse button every time you have a thought" bit. This totally ruins the whole meditation. (I just had a thought. -click- Did thinking that I just had a thought count as a thought? -click- Should I have clicked for that? -click- I don't think this is any way to meditate. -click-) Otherwise, the "game" had me coming back everyday, improving, building my streak and earning some achievements in the process. Yay!

I had built up a streak of 42 days when I had to take someone to the emergency room. During the long hours in the waiting room, I was able to do my daily meditation (twice even). But by the time I finally got home it was after 2 AM and too late to save my streak. That's when I found out there was no way to manually add in a meditation that you did to set things right. We're not in competition with anyone but ourselves, so this is a feature that I feel should not be missing. If anyone adds in meditation sessions that they didn't do, they're only cheating themselves, no one else. All the game said was, "Sorry! But don't feel bad. Just start again!"

So I started again. Big mistake! The more I meditated, building my streak again, the more invested in the "game" I felt. Even though I would never miss a meditation session, whenever busy days or unexpected events kept me away from the computer I would become stressed about getting home in time to "record" it.

Meanwhile I discovered that after finishing story mode, Fox had a very, VERY limited amount of things he wanted to tell you. And he would tell you these things over and over and over and over. When I finally couldn't take it anymore I went into settings and changed the frequency of this to "Never'. Didn't make any difference. After playing around with all the options, I found that no matter what you set it to, the setting makes no difference. Fox still keeps nagging you to tell you the same things over and over and over...

Yesterday was a beautiful Summer day, and we went to the beach. Had a wonderful meditation session on the sand (up to 45 minutes now). But, like always, I couldn't stop thinking that I had to get home to "record" my session before it gets too late. Unfortunately, when we got home the power was out. It didn't come back on until well after 2 in the morning. There went my streak for the second time. 309 days this time. "Don't feel bad. Just start again." #@*&%!!!

But after the anger and disappointment, I suddenly realized I was free. What had started out as a means of reducing stress, had become a huge source of stress in my life. Start again? A "game" that didn't trust me enough to honestly set my own streak right? Yeah, right!

I've since found a mobile app called "Insight Timer". Although you can pay for a pro version, I use the free version which has everything this "game" has and so much more. (Including the ability to fix your streak when "life happens".) I couldn't be happier with it.

Also, I'd just like to add that what's helped me more than anything else with my meditation progress is a wonderful book I found called "The Mind Illuminated" by John Yates, PhD. (Culadasa). Anyone interested in "A Complete Meditation Guide"should definitely check it out.

I hope this has in some way been helpful to you!

Jul 26, 2025·220h·49·Verified

Steam User 5921STEAMRecommended

a las mentes más caóticas quizás les cueste más mantenerse en la isla pero está sirviéndome a mí

Jul 8, 2025·88h·Verified

Steam User 2921STEAMRecommended

Beautiful game, though not flawless. There is a bug that has been bothering me but it's not gamebreaking and it doesn't affect gameplay at all really and you may not experience it.

Jun 29, 2025·4h·1·Verified

Steam User 1244STEAMRecommended

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Jun 27, 2025·4h·Verified

Steam User 7544STEAMRecommended

Great meditation resource, especially in VR. Very beginner friendly and absolutely worth the money if you're looking to relax.

Jun 21, 2025·11h·1·Verified

Steam User 4895STEAMRecommended

Great app for learning meditations and establishing it as a daily habit. I do think I have outgrown the app at this point after breaking my 188 day streak to go on a vacation where I didn't bring my laptop, but I will carry what I've learned with me as I meditate more outside and in nature. Thank you Playne!

Jun 19, 2025·38h·1·Verified

Steam User 7680STEAMRecommended

This game offers a variety of meditation options, with incentives to make it a daily mindfulness practice. I absolutely adore this game, and highly recommend it to anyone looking to find peace.

Jun 13, 2025·27h·Verified

Steam User 8154STEAMRecommended

A slighted motivated tool that not taking away your initiatives and inner motivation ~ ie. doing the meditation for reward~ while also provide an environment to record and collect the little celebrations of you tapping into your own mind and connect with the inner force.

May 7, 2025·94h·Verified

Steam User 0750STEAMRecommended

Incredibly relaxing and super helpful when you're trying to get into meditations.

May 3, 2025·1005h·3·Verified

Steam User 9390STEAMNot recommended

It's not terrible, but I already have my little meditation routine that I have been doing for years now, so I just wasn't using this, & I'm not sure that meditation is something I want to game-ify anyway.

Apr 26, 2025·Verified

Steam User 6110STEAMRecommended

An amazing tool to start meditating, pushes you to practice everyday, and it's nice to have the option to meditate seem as accessible as doomscrolling or grinding.

At first, it's just a time for rest, but you feel calmer and more in control of your thoughts if you insist.

Pros:
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[*]Achievements make quite it more compelling to meditate, which is very hard early on
[*]The soothing sounds with the evolving environment make a very comfortable experience
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Cons:
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[*]On the long run, it is quite wasteful to keep using Playne, while pretty (Unreal engine) it makes your hardware work hard for something that could be done with a timer and a background noise software.
[*]The streak system is a double edged sword, it keeps you coming back everyday but if you miss one it can feel quite discouraging, you can disable this once you lose a streak.
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Info:
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[*]It has no DRM, you can run it without steam open
[*]story mode progression, 1 level for every 7 days, with 10 levels before the ending and plant the tree
[*]Saving streaks, 1 minute counts, 2am the day ends and you can change the computer clock for it
[*]Save data, press WindowsKey+R, type [%userprofile%/AppAata/Local/PLAYNE]
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Honest advice, use it to learn the practice and then leave it, focus on building the habit outside the game, dev pushes 20min when you wake and 20min before sleep which is pretty good.

If you keep using it, ignore achievements and streak, don't make a healthy practice conditioned on numbers.

If the game is too expensive but you want a similar experience, go for Inward from the same dev.

Apr 16, 2025·54h·5·Verified

Steam User 4146STEAMRecommended

This is a game that does its job. It's pretty good at teaching the basics of meditation, has just about every quality-of-life feature I wanted in a meditation game, and has great sound design (and also graphics, for the people who like meditating with their eyes open). My biggest complaint is that unlocking a cosmetic or achievement once every 2 weeks didn't really work as motivation.

Just in case you're wondering, the storytelling in this game is close to nonexistent. I don't know why "story rich" is so high up in its list of tags.

Apr 13, 2025·15h·3·Verified

Steam User 0033STEAMNot recommended

I read the reviews and saw that some players were saying it doesn’t work, but I thought a lot of time had passed and bought it anyway. Well, turns out the VR version really *doesn’t* work! Just like others said — you can’t do anything on the main screen, the game won’t start!!! Why are you charging money if this problem has been around for so long?!

Apr 8, 2025·2·Verified

Steam User 8510STEAMRecommended

To put it simply -- Playne's ability to help you get used to meditating is wonderful. Seeing the fruits of your labor of building a habit of practicing daily meditation (i.e. habit building mode) really gives an incentive to do so. I've tried Balance, Calm, and other apps to help me meditate. For some reason, those ones haven't stuck with me.

I've been on and off of Playne, but what I do know is this: I've never felt more calm and relaxed than meditating with this game. Highly recommend as a way to be able to calm the mind, calm the body, and relax the muscles. Being present is a gift, and Playne is a gift that keeps on giving.

Apr 6, 2025·103h·1

Steam User 1530STEAMRecommended

Everyone has a box of expectations, and the world will never fit into that box, so you have to accept this world is not yours to dictate or force rules on.

Mar 27, 2025·37h·1·Verified

Steam User 4421STEAMRecommended

✔

Mar 26, 2025·1h·Verified

Steam User 2048STEAMNot recommended

You don't need this 'game' to meditate.

Also I'm not sure what the creator of the game was smoking when he wrote the fox's dialogue, but I really found myself not caring in the slightest about what the fox was trying to say about the world being destroyed by some guy.. etc.

The only good feature of this game is the bonfire reward, which is admittedly a bit motivating. But I wouldn't get this game just for that.

Mar 23, 2025·2h·3·Verified

Steam User 1092STEAMRecommended

A great meditation aid that helps to make it more interactive.

Mar 18, 2025·23h·1·Verified

Steam User 2587STEAMRecommended

https://youtu.be/1V5fzDF8zFA

While it's not -exactly- a game it does deliver on the meditation elements and offers some nice features for reminders and encouragement to maintain the practice.

Mar 12, 2025·1

Steam User 0696STEAMRecommended

Fantastyczne narzędzie do ćwiczenia regularnej medytacji.
Progress jest bardzo satysfakcjonujący, ambient też bardzo spoko i nie ma się do czego przyczepić.

Feb 25, 2025·53h·Verified

Steam User 9949STEAMRecommended

Not really a game, more a daily wellness program for meditation techniques with light guidance.
Definitely slower than I would like, but it does help me remember to take at least a minute a day to breath and recenter myself amidst an otherwise busy life.

Feb 24, 2025·10h·2

Steam User 0924STEAMNot recommended

This game advertises itself as a VR game. It isn't. Supposedly you have to download the free DLC, but it still launches in big screen mode when you do. Refunded after 7 minutes, not wasting my time with this junk.

Feb 24, 2025·1·Verified

Steam User 0459STEAMNot recommended

Una applicazione di meditazione.

C'è una sorta di trama che integra alla funzione meditazione quella di gioco:
Siete una persona finita su un isola, "Playne", vuota. C'è solo una volpe parlante, che vi fa da guida spirituale. Quanto piu' meditate tanto piu' l'isola si ripopolerà di vita col tempo e in base al livello raggiunto dal Playne, la volpe vi narrerà delle storie per approfondire questa lore.

Oltre alla modalità storia esisono anche altre due modalità:
Sandbox (Piantate a piacere quantità e tipologia di alberi) ed Evolve (Sbloccabile solo quando si completa la modalità storia).

L'obiettivo del "gioco" è piuttosto chiaro: Farvi sviluppare l'abitudine di meditare.
Il problema è che la meditazione, di per se' qualcosa da fare per far rilassare e riflettere, viene trasformata da questo gioco in qualcosa di stressante e ossessivo.

Il gioco è infatti ALTAMENTE PUNITIVO.
Le meccaniche principali a cui mi riferisco sono due.

1. Meccanica del Falò.
Due modalità di fuoco: In una la fiamma cresce normalmente ma, se non logghi anche per un solo giorno, si spegne e devi ricominciare da capo. Nell'altra la fiamma cresce molto lentamente, ma il non loggare non interrompe la sua crescita.
2. Achievements.
Trofei assurdi messi su steam riguardo al login strike. Esempio piu' plateale:
"Gioca per 365 giorni di fila". Siamo seri?
Con tutto il bene di questo mondo per il buon proposito di far creare abitudini, non tutti hanno un portatile dietro. Questo gioco non ha nemmeno una controparte app sul telefono. Ergo, alcuni di questi trofei rasentano l'impossibile.

Andando avanti. Devo far notare che il gioco è INSENSATAMENTE LENTO!

Sia dal punto di vista di crescita (Se non giocate almeno per 30 giorni, non vedrete davvero chissà quali risultati... Tranne, forse, un'erbaccia nuova spuntare qua e la' una tantum. )
Sia, specialmente, dal punto di vista HARDWARE E' INSENSATAMENTE PESANTE.

Sicuramente ognuno ha componenti diverse per pc quindi non parlerò in generale e mi limiterò a farvi un lampante esempio empirico: Il mio pc può far decollare tre jet privati e cuocere un intera portata del cenone di capodanno per quanto rumore e surriscaldamento questo gioco crea, ma è lo stesso pc che a mani basse fa girare titoli recentissimi molto piu' pesanti.

L'unica deduzione per questo problema che posso fare è che QUESTO GIOCO NON E' OTTIMIZZATO.

Ergo quel poco che fa, lo fa male.
Sotto molti, troppi.... Punti di vista.

A tal proposito un ultimo dettaglio: Il gioco non funziona in background.
Credo sia stato pensato per obbligare l'utente a vedere il cerchietto guida di respirazione durante una meditazione. Se poi è solo l'ennesimo sintomo della cattiva ottimizzazione, questo non so dirvelo con certezza matematica quindi non insisterò oltre.

Ci tengo solo ad avvisavi dato che, generalmente, giochi simili con colonne sonore rilassanti e rumori naturali da poter selezionare sono molto user background friendly appositamente per aiutare ad entrare nel mood.
Mi rendo conto che per meditare di norma si devono evitare le distrazioni ma, per quanto mi riguarda, l'obbligo del fissare uno schermo con una volpe e un cerchietto che ti dice quando inspirare ed espirare per me è già decisamente poco naturale e assolutamente catalogabile come una distrazione. Lascio il beneficio del dubbio a tal riguardo dicendo che, forse, questa è una preferenza soggettiva. Proseguiamo...

...Insomma.
Non me la sento davvero di consigliare questo gioco, per quanto abbia potenziale.
E' semplicemente troppo rigido e non demarca bene la linea tra app e gioco.

Un app di meditazione dovrebbe insegnarti, mentre questo gioco punta a distrarti.
Un gioco di meditazione dovrebbe calmarti, mentre questa app punta a punirti.

Credo che solo utenti esclusivamente interessati alla sua funzione di app possano trarvi qualche beneficio, dato che si suppone non essendo videogiocatori ignoreranno tutta la parte di cattive performance, lost streak, e falò spenti.

Unico lato positivo?
Se avete occhio per le offerte, questo gioco costa quanto un caffè.

Ma a prezzo pieno? Non lo consiglierei nemmeno al mio peggior nemico per come è gestito e ottimizzato al momento.

Feb 10, 2025·19h·1

Steam User 5286STEAMRecommended

its nice, but the voice is not my type

Feb 4, 2025·6h·Verified

Steam User 1522STEAMNot recommended

First to say, this game is abondened... Its done for.

Other than that its a mess. The whole UI is quite over the place. No new menu has the same way to get out or interact with it. Some you have to use Escape-Button, other have an X in the upper part, other a "Back" Button somewhere else. Dont think the Dev really thought about it.
The Language is another part that bothers me. Yeah, Steam says its only english but other were implemented but none really works. Some parts are missing, other go back to english. Check Boxes have no outlines, other have them...
It just feels like the whole game was pushed together and the Dev not even played it to the end!
Well, there we are at the other points. This is no Game at all. You come into the "Game", get to talk with the fox about the same things over and over and over again and "meditate" at least if its working.
And the last part is... yeah, who would play the game to the end at all? To fully play the game, to check if everything is working you have to play for 365 Days without even one day missing! No Holiday, no Day with a broken Computer or god forsake you get ill and dont feel like playing at all. If you miss one day you have to stark over again from the start to get the Streak for 365 Days in a row. But if you really try? Maybe you can get it... But the game is so broken it can just delete your streak complete!
Easy fix for it would be maybe a Calendar or such to make a check mark that you did it. Maybe you wanted to meditate in Nature (like the game even tells you soooooo often!) but that would mean the game needs an update. Well, no update since 2022 so dont bother asking for help or a fix.
The Dev just left the game broken, posted a way to fix it which is quite a joke (things like playing with your Computer-Clock and doing everyday again for whatever streak you had... which will turn your main game upside down cause it gets farther...) Now theres the new Game which is the same as this one again so dont bother with it.
Thanks but no thanks. Normaly i at least try to get all out of a game and if its broken i try my best for it... But this is after such a long time the first game which i dont even feel to play it all again just to get it to 100%.

Jan 29, 2025·159h·2

Steam User 7951STEAMNot recommended

Thank God it's finally over. I finally logged a thousand hours of meditation. I got the last achievement and I can quit starting this game every single morning to keep my streak. I'm free. I can quit. And I will. And I'm never coming back.

Jan 26, 2025·1444h·2

Steam User 0719STEAMRecommended

NGL, upholding my streak and unlocking new stuff keeps me coming back at the moment. The meditation itself feels like a chore (Should have probably began with shorter sessions than the recommended 20min), but I have noticed that I feel much more tranquil and rested after.

That being said, I am only 14 sessions in and I know internalizing new habits takes time and I wouldn't probably have gotten into meditation without Playne, so I highly recommend this for anyone interested in the subject.

Jan 22, 2025·21h

Steam User 7917STEAMNot recommended

Oooookay, here we go. Even though my hours on this are honestly pretty low, I've been using it on and off for about 6 years, and I've finally decided to give up on it. I get that this is supposed to be a tool more than a game, but it's not any fun to use, and it doesn't do anything that other meditation tools or apps (some of them free) could do.

If you're looking for something like this on Steam, you're probably hoping for some gamification, and there's very little of that here. The achievements are so spaced out that you have to tough it out on your own for a long time before you get to see anything for your efforts, and progress in the game doesn't feel like a reward. Most of it is things being added to your Playne, which you don't get to enjoy if you close your eyes during the meditation. If you finish the story mode, you unlock Evolve mode. This means that instead of clicking a rock and meditating, you can... walk around very slowly collecting seeds from trees, walking around very slowly to plant those seeds, and *then* you can meditate. Do it all again tomorrow. Yippee.

The actual meditation process is an interesting concept, but it was confusing for me. The idea is to press a button every time a thought comes up, but that means you're ultimately engaging with the thought more than you would in a traditional meditation, because you have to go "oh, that was a thought, I should hit the button" (and then wonder whether thinking you should hit the button counts as another thought) instead of being able to observe and let it go like most meditation tells you to do. Small gripe, but it also means you have to do the meditation with your hand on the space bar or mouse, which isn't usually a "relaxed" position.

There are a lot of other small annoyances, too. The fox that "encourages and inspires" you doesn't have many things to say, so you have to click on him just to make the dot above his head go away, even though he's definitely told you to go outside or be grateful at least 30 times already. There's a setting for this, but even "rarely" is too often. I had my streak reset on me several times even though I was certain I had done a meditation the day before. The final straw for me was that one of my early achievements is bugged- supposedly, I've unlocked every chapter except the second one. And it just felt like there was no point to even try for the harder achievements when I couldn't manage a 100% even if I got them. I probably could have made a bug report and solved the issue somehow, but looking through the discussions shows other people having problems with other achievements, too, so it became the excuse I needed to move on with my life.

If you've got spare money lying around and this looks perfect for you, then by all means be my guest. Maybe I'm just impatient and negative and the reasons I dislike it are the same reasons I should try to stick it out longer, but I wish I had spent the time here trying literally anything else. Clearly, it worked for all the people who left positive reviews, so maybe it would work for you. But if any of these sounded like things you'd be annoyed by, I wanted to save you the hassle.

Jan 20, 2025·22h·24·Verified

Steam User 4236STEAMNot recommended

this is not a videogame. should be a free download. I got it in a humble bundle, and would refund it if I could. avoid at all cost.

Jan 14, 2025

Steam User 7259STEAMRecommended

Love it. I have adhd and I really needed to gamify my routine to build a habit out of it. 10min/day is a challenging to focus with adhd, but thanks to this game, I can notice the improvement of small steps instantly and keep up my streak. I do mantra meditation same time with breathing meditation, which is recommended for ADHD. 10-day streak is already behind after writing this review. I will try to get all achievements this game has. I rarely recommend anything and this game is one of those rare exceptions.

Jan 12, 2025·28h·Verified

Steam User 4307STEAMRecommended

Has been great keeping me on my new years resolution to meditate every day. Only 12 days in, but enjoy the incentive to grow my playne by coming back each day

Jan 12, 2025·2h·1·Verified

Steam User 2222STEAMRecommended

learn to manage thoughts and emotions, cultivate inner peace, and become enlightened, all the while passively growing a forest and talking to a wise PS1 era polygonal fox that would've been a Dark Souls bonfire keeper in an alternate universe, 10/10

Jan 11, 2025·45h·4

Steam User 3808STEAMNot recommended

1.7/10 oooh thats it.... come back tomorrow and do it again.
naw, im good

Jan 8, 2025·5

Steam User 5108STEAMRecommended

This is a experience for anyone interested in meditation

Jan 8, 2025·4h·Verified

Steam User 2312STEAMNot recommended

Finger weg
Dieses Programm wird nicht weiter unterstützt, letztes Update Dez 2022.
Kaum eine Sprache welche man auswählen kann ist wirklich richtig und komplett Übersetzt.
Ja ich weiss, laut Steam nur Englisch - aber du kannst 8 andere Sprachen im Menu wählen.
Und der VR Modus ist ohne Ton, wenn er denn überhaupt Startet.
Die Kickstarter Kampane für sei neues Projekt, ist wohl auch nur eine neue Masche das selbe nochmal zu Verkaufen.
Also finger weg

Jan 2, 2025·1·Verified

Steam User 4760STEAMRecommended

I thought my ADHD said no to meditation. This game taught me that, yes, this is what the fox says. Be still, friends. This game will teach you how.

Dec 31, 2024·14h·11

Steam User 9853STEAMRecommended

Excelente juego para aprender a relajarse de manera constante

Nov 27, 2024·1023h·Verified

Steam User 7189STEAMRecommended

Great support for starting meditating or improving your habits. Keep at it and you will feel better!

Nov 24, 2024·28h·Verified

Steam User 9589STEAMRecommended

Really helpful for maintaining focus in meditation - the breath visualisation / timing part in particular.

Nov 23, 2024·86h·1·Verified

Steam User 8126STEAMRecommended

No me es suficiente con una hora y media diaria con mi grupo de intención. Qué bonito que steam tenga estas herramientas. Ahora podré meditar por mi cuenta por las mañanas y conectar con mi YO superior. Sat Nam!

Nov 11, 2024·Verified

Steam User 9924STEAMRecommended

This game is a great way to build a stable meditation practice.

Nov 7, 2024·109h·3·Verified

Steam User 5164STEAMRecommended

Ist wirklich angenehm und entspannend. Tut was es soll. Was will ich mehr?

Oct 26, 2024·8h·Verified

Steam User 6344STEAMRecommended

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0z2C0sMxI]imo its better to make space to allow awareness, rest and eventually subtle contemplation, than only focus on breath[/url]
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM0z2C0sMxI]Goes on sale for around £2.50[/url]

Oct 26, 2024·71h·3

Steam User 3416STEAMRecommended

Questo gioco mi ha fatto capire che posso meditare.

Oct 8, 2024·13h·Verified

Steam User 8811STEAMRecommended

Meditate now... Then the answers you seek will be revealed. --Dhalsim (Street Fighter Alpha 3)

Oct 1, 2024·1h·6·Verified

Steam User 6994STEAMRecommended

很值得的游戏，十几块钱培养收益终身的习惯。推荐所有人都买入一款冥想的游戏，但不一定是我现在测评的这款。

原因在于：本游戏对于中文玩家有歧视？1在语言选择里只有中文显示是chinese，把中文这个语言用英文呈现，而不是翻译出来。2游戏选择框中很多不翻译。3跟狐狸的对话很多不翻译。而且选择其他语言发现只有中文翻译的比例最低。

Sep 30, 2024·27h·1·Verified

Steam User 5848STEAMRecommended

Cute little game that helps you create the habit of meditation. Say Hi to Mr Fox!

Sep 19, 2024·62h·3·Verified

Steam User 3460STEAMRecommended

Ayuda a relajar tu cuerpo y tu mente después de un dia estresante.
Con 6 minutos al dia bastan para ver resultados positivos.
Gracias Playne.

Sep 17, 2024·4h·Verified

Steam User 4140STEAMRecommended

This is what everyone should have on their device to learn mindfulness. The best tool of meditation. MUST MUST Have.

Sep 16, 2024·1h·2·Verified

Steam User 0309STEAMRecommended

經由好友的推薦，現在我每天都使用PLAYNE。養成這習慣之後才發現，我很享受這段時光，寧靜、獨處，練習注意力回到自己本身原來是這麼重要的一件事情！推薦大家可以試試看~~

Aug 30, 2024·18h·Verified

Steam User 7515STEAMRecommended

Nice and simple meditation game. Glad there's a streak feature. This is exactly what I needed to help get me motivated to meditate.

Aug 20, 2024·3569h·4·Verified

Steam User 8033STEAMRecommended

It's a game that allows you to be more balanced and at ease which is a breath of fresh air. The environment and music are really relaxing and you don't feel forced or incentivized to do longer meditations or keep up the streak if you don't want to. You just meditate how you want.

I will say though I'd love some sort of breathing sound effect setting to turn on whenever I'm doing my exercises so that I can close my eyes while meditating. Right now you just kinda have to time it or keep your eyes open. But aside from that, being able to relax like this is why you should get this game

Aug 20, 2024·34h·7·Verified

Steam User 9627STEAMRecommended

Discover the sound of one thumb clapping.

Aug 7, 2024·380h

Steam User 0588STEAMNot recommended

После появления Steam Link для VR в приложении пропал звук, точнее, иногда он появляется, примерно 1 из 20-30 запусков. При этом никак не удаётся отследить закономерность. После обращения к разработчику прошло 4 месяца тишины. За это время он успел организовать сбор средств для запуска этого приложения на мобилках, и видимо решил не тратить время на VR приложение, деньги та уже получены.
Помимо звука, недавно слетел весь прогресс, просто так, зашел в очередной надежде что появится звук, а прогресса тю-тю. Приложение мне нравится, но сидеть в нем без звука абсолютно бесполезно.

Aug 2, 2024·12h·Verified

Steam User 3460STEAMRecommended

I finally crafted meditation game. It gives helpful information and tries to teach you positive meditating techniques. Product was received for free when they were giving out to health care workers during Covid lockdown. Worth it at 15 dollars for sure. After a major upheaval in my life I've recently returned to this as a source of relaxation and it's working

Jul 14, 2024·2h·5

Steam User 2246STEAMRecommended

Now I can meditate without having to leave my computer. Thank You!

Jul 6, 2024·51h·1·Verified

Steam User 1414STEAMRecommended

After 150 days of daily meditation and after unlocking the Evolved mode with free walking, I decided to write a review.

There is a fox. I like foxes. And he helps me with meditation. He tells me to close my eyes and watch the bubble pulsate. I am not sure what he means, but I try to watch the bubble with my eyes closed. The meditation ends after few minutes. The fox talks to me. He talks to me almost every day. After some days, I unlocked a river. The river doesn't flow into the sea, it flows from the sea onto the land. I try to ask the fox about it, but he only talks about meditation philosophical stuff. The river must be one of those things. There are other weird philosophical things, like the sun's reflection, and the processor and RAM consumption. This meditation stuff is hardware heavy. I try to ask the fox about it, but he only talks about meditation philosophical stuff. With many grammar errors. After months of daily meditating, I get to the new island. The island is large. It has only a single tree on it. The tree has a misplaced texture, see-thru trunk, and a flying texture triangle next to it. I don't ask the fox about it. I know it is some deep philosofical stuff. This time, the fox wants to talk to me. He is miles away. I try to teleport. It spawns me a thousand feet above the ground. I don't die after a minute of freefall, I land in the soft grassfield. The fox is still miles away. I go talk to him. He repeats the same stuff, full of grammar errors. As always. I like foxes.

Jul 3, 2024·22h·1·Verified

Steam User 7021STEAMRecommended

I really love this meditation game. It's a very thoughtful made app to get into meditation practice. The music is beautiful, the landscapes as well, Fox is cute and I love the progression system of the game.
The translation is still laggy. I also think there's more potential for the actual interface (not the campfire, but when clicking on a category).
Can't wait for the mobile version!!!

Jun 28, 2024·62h·Verified

Steam User 5017STEAMRecommended

This game is a very neat staple to my channel, I really enjoy channeling Reiki as I meditate in Playne. The different ways you can change the type of meditation, from changing breath patterns to the kinds of sounds that play, each have their own usefulness in helping connect to my audience.

Channeling Reiki can look super boring sometimes (just being honest lol), so thank you Playne for giving my livestream sessions a bit more flare, a lot more connection, and a warm-looking virtual fire to meditate next to.

Jun 19, 2024·3h·1·Verified

Steam User 3537STEAMRecommended

Exceptionally powerful tool for meditation. I love these features:
- the ability to choose a location and weather where you will meditate - whether you want to be by the ocean, by a river, or meditate in the rain
- the progression of growing your Playne - it’s a beautiful representation of your inner work
- the quotes, that are excellent food for thought post-meditation, all of which are sourced from important philosophers and thinkers (only wish is that these were occasionally updated)
- the Fox, who adds a bit of personality to the experience

Krish, thank you for everything. Genuinely.

Jun 18, 2024·70h·Verified

Steam User 4456STEAMRecommended

Got my ass to sit down and meditate each day so it works better than not having it.

Jun 14, 2024·77h·1·Verified

Steam User 3378STEAMRecommended

I haven't touched the game in a while... But I'm glad I did again

The game motivates you to keep meditating regularly by trees growing in the small habitat. To be honest, it works for me. At first I struggled with meditating even for 5 minutes, but after a while these 5 minutes flew by, then 10 minutes flew by, now 15 minutes fly by.

For me 15 minutes is long enough to relax and short enough not to really have an excuse for skipping, but I'll try again to pick it up and meditate for longer times to see if the positive effect increases significantly. 15 minutes does quite a good deal already though.

Jun 12, 2024·7h·2·Verified

Steam User 8769STEAMRecommended

Jun 12, 2024

Steam User 9116STEAMRecommended

A great interactive game that allows a person to learn and build habit-forming meditation,for daily life. It's interactive display allows for reward/bio-feedback system to engage the user in beneficial habits,

Jun 5, 2024·28h·1·Verified

Steam User 2504STEAMRecommended

PLAYNE is, for me, the most important software I have ever bought. I have health issues both physical and mental and have tried meditation before but nothing has worked - as soon as I tried Playne though it all clicked and I have now meditated for nearly 500 days. There is just enough encouragement in the form of achievements and unlocks to settle in the habit and Fox, Guardian of Playne and inspirational guide is just the best.
I use my Steam Deck to meditate and it works fine though I have not explored outside of story mode. I think that the other two game modes - sandbox and evolution, will require a little remapping of the Steam Deck Configuration in order to work properly but I don't think this will be difficult.
I have backed the mobile version on kickstarter and I really hope that the goal is reached so that Playne can help others who do not use Steam via phones and tablets.
TLDR - Playne helps bring peace to a shattered mind - can't recommend highly enough.

Jun 4, 2024·838h·6·Verified

Steam User 1528STEAMNot recommended

[b]Merits:[/b]
▪ Tries to teach good habits with gamification
▪ Relaxing atmosphere

[b]Flaws:[/b]
▪ Not suitable for a computer, it would work better for mobile devices
▪ Breaking a streak causes stress & frustration
▪ While you can turn the streak off, the achievements are tied to it

[b]Verdict:[/b]
Not a game, it is a meditation habit building app essentially.
Except it is worse, since you inevitably will forget and your streak resets.
I like the idea, but I think such a thing works a thousand times better on a phone.

[b]Rating:[/b] ★★☆☆☆ - Average

Jun 2, 2024·2h·1·Verified

Steam User 9299STEAMRecommended

It's a great game that encourages meditation. I would highly recommend for anyone getting started.

May 30, 2024·177h·2·Verified

Steam User 1332STEAMRecommended

I kept thinking about coming back to this little gem, day after day... definitely helps building up a meditation habit.

May 26, 2024·24h

Steam User 7799STEAMRecommended

goosfraba

May 24, 2024·83h·Verified

Steam User 9332STEAMRecommended

Life changing. Informative, and insightful. I love the quotes, and building my habit by growing playne as I meditate. I've come back to this game multiple times since I purchased it, and its doing the right thing by spreading awareness of meditation and the benefits.

I wish I could pet Sensei Fox !

Many thanks to the creator, when I have some time I shall check out inward, I'm sure it's just as amazing!

May 21, 2024·166h·Verified

Steam User 8238STEAMRecommended

终于通关了，给个好评耶

May 19, 2024·28h·1

Steam User 3048STEAMRecommended

Very relaxing!

Apr 25, 2024·1h·Verified

Steam User 8498STEAMRecommended

This game has helped me with inner calmness, and it seriously helps with stress and anxiety. 10/10

Apr 24, 2024·35h·Verified

Steam User 9722STEAMRecommended

Relaxing place to escape to

Apr 17, 2024·12h·Verified

Steam User 8265STEAMRecommended

Touch grass.

Eat ass.

Sled fast.

Apr 16, 2024·181h·2·Verified

Steam User 5069STEAMRecommended

An excellent meditation app!

Apr 15, 2024·9h·Verified

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