HomeThe Wake: Mourning Father, Mourning Mother
by Somi, published by Somi, indienova
The Wake is a record of past wounds opened at a three-day funeral. The journal is encoded with a simple substitution cipher that the player must break in order to reveal the writer’s psyche and discover the contradiction
Released Jul 10, 2020
Steam figures
| Value | As of | |
|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | Very Positive · 80% positive of 253 Steam reviews | Oct 24, 2026 |
| Followers on Steam | 648 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Regular US price | $4.99 | Oct 19, 2026 |
New Steam reviews per month
| Month | New positive | New negative |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 4 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 4 | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 4 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 2 | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 1 | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 2 | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | 1 | 1 |
Sales estimate
| Copies sold on Steam | 4.4k – 26k | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross revenue on Steam | $20k – $68k before refunds, tax and Steam’s cut | |
| Steam reviews by buyers | 253 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| Copies per review | 18–100 |
Estimates are based on an aggregation of industry-accepted conversion formulas. How this is estimated
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| Experimental | 1 in 109 games |
| Education | 1 in 39 games |
| Text-Based | 1 in 28 games |
| Immersive Sim | 1 in 18 games |
| Visual Novel | 1 in 12 games |
| Pixel Graphics | 1 in 6 games |
| Puzzle | 1 in 6 games |
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