Looking Back overview

Overview

Looking Back comes from Kristopher Poulin-Thibault and is published by Kristopher Poulin-Thibault. It arrived on Steam on Aug 7, 2019, and it sits naturally among Single-player and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Looking Back's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 01:02:37 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 100% positive across 6 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Looking Back is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Looking Back has sold up to 186 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $403. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Looking Back overview details

Looking Back combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Looking Back is an autofictional game that takes you, the Player, inside of Kris's life as a PhD student. Appropriating the classic J-RPG style with a Choices Matter twist, it is a parts exploration, parts visual novel game, in which you must carve your own path toward the destruction of the ultimate boss monster that haunts your everyday life: your Thesis. It lurks in your bedroom and fills you with anxiety, but before fighting it, you must make sure your Mental Health, your Energy, your Skillfulness, your Wits, and your Endurance are high enough to tackle this challenge of a lifetime and finally obtain that degree! However, the way to become stronger is not by gaining experience grinding on endless hordes of monsters. Rather, you improve your stats by exploring and making decisions, building relationships with people around you, and altogether attempting to improve your everyday life. Simple things like choosing your dog to be a German Shepherd instead of a Cocker Spaniel, or difficult decisions such as saving one of two friends, every choice matters and affects your stats, your world, and yourself, indelibly. Memory "triggers" are scattered throughout the city of Toronto, allowing you to explore them, which may or may not improve certain outcomes and your odds at defeating the Thesis. Some are beautiful, some are heart-wrenching, but you have the power to modify some memories at the cost of some Mental Health points. Memory shards even allow you to go through certain dream sequences, embodiments of your subconscious. You have the power to change the present and the futu…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Looking Back is listed as a game with $2.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie and RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 01:02:37 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 100% positive reviews.

Overview tags

RPGIndieLGBTQ+Choices MatterRPGMaker

Content descriptors

Some dialogues contain strong language. Textual references to sex and themes of physical and mental health (mourning, domestic violence, suicide).

Support and legal notes

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