Proteus
Ed Key and David Kanaga · January 30, 2013 · Exploration, Walking Simulator, Relaxing, Indie, Casual
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Proteus price by region
Proteus costs £1.95 in the United Kingdom, €2.24 in Europe (EUR), $2.73 in the United States, $2.73 in Georgia (USD), CA$10.99 in Canada, NZ$11.99 in New Zealand, zł12.51 in Poland, A$14.47 in Australia and R$32.99 in Brazil right now.
| Region | Best price | Official store | Key shop | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom | £1.95 −72% | £6.99 | £1.95 | 5 |
 Europe (EUR) | €2.24 −78% | €9.99 | €2.24 | 6 |
 United Statesyour region | $2.73 −73% | $9.99 | $2.73 | 7 |
 Georgia (USD) | $2.73 −57% | $6.29 | $2.73 | 7 |
 Canada | CA$10.99 | CA$10.99 | — | 2 |
 New Zealand | NZ$11.99 | NZ$11.99 | — | 2 |
 Poland | zł12.51 −65% | zł35.99 | zł12.51 | 4 |
 Australia | A$14.47 | A$14.47 | — | 2 |
 Brazil | R$32.99 | R$32.99 | R$56.98 | 3 |
Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.
Screenshots
About Proteus
Explore dreamlike procedurally-generated islands in first-person where your presence shapes a dynamic, ambient soundtrack by David Kanaga and the world around you responds to your curiosity. With no text or combat, just meditative discovery among magical creatures and ruins, Proteus rewards patient observation in a strikingly beautiful blend of 8-bit aesthetics and modernist art.
Key Features:
- Meditative play: the responsive world and lack of any text or hints distils an essence of curious, investigative play, and rewards patience and immersion.
- Dynamic soundtrack composed by award-winning musician David Kanaga follows the mood of the world and will appeal to fans of Boards of Canada, Brian Eno.
- A distinctive 2D-but-3D graphical style with wild shifting palettes that sits somewhere between 8-bit videogames and early 20th century modernist painting.
- Islands are uniquely generated every time, and although it's theoretically possible to see everything in one playthrough, no-one ever does.
- Built-in "postcard" function encodes world data into each screenshot, allowing islands and discoveries to be saved and shared.
Proteus — game info
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Player modes
- Single-player
- Controller
- Full controller support
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Proteus is a peaceful, meditative exploration game that players praise for its minimalist art style, dynamic soundtrack, and calming atmosphere that encourages nonlinear discovery and contemplation. The main drawback is that it's barebones in terms of traditional gameplay—it's a walking simulator with limited mechanical depth, so players who dislike that genre should avoid it. Those seeking a brief, artistic, and zen-like experience generally find it worth playing, though it's best approached when in the right mindset rather than for extended entertainment.
very cool and unique
nonlinear
A peaceful little gem from the old-ish days of indie. Nothing deep, but it's simple, calming, and pretty.
Meditative exploration game that doesn't hold your hand and puts you into a Zen-like flow state. To be played when you're in the right frame of mind.
Played at launch on ps3/vita, playing right now on an old crt and it's beautiful. Is the game barebones? yeah, If you hate walking sims avoid for sure. That being said the ost is not only great but extremely dynamic(more so than any game I can think of) the visuals are minimalistic yet timelessly nostalgic, there's so many little events to see and it's just extremely chill. It's not the ultimate game but if I had to argue video games as an artform I'd probably bring up proteus and that's probably the most succinct way I can explain how I feel about this game...
It's a nice experience I go through whenever I get a new gaming PC, the aurora borealis in winter is especially pretty
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