The Game Census
98xx cover art

98xx

JacksonG13 · JacksonGameStudios · 2023-05-29

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 29, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The 98xx is an old computer OS from the 90s that’s recently been discovered after many years of being lost. There are still a few working files within the OS that can be explored.

81%
positive of 484 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 108 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 26,466 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.7k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 484 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-12-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

DarkIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryAbstractLore-RichSimulationPsychedelicSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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