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Absinth cover art

Absinth

Soulven Games · 2020-10-23

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 23, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A psychological first-person horror experience. Set in California, USA, blurring the line between game and reality. Confront the events which completely changed Zane Zaminsky´s life.

Absinth is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $1.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 100 reviews).

0
playing now
69%
positive of 99 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Friday, 13th July 2018 The author Zane Zaminsky went to the Redwoods National Park in Orick, California to work on his new book. Two days later, the local Police Department in Orick locates Zane on the main road near the Redwoods after receiving an anonymous call. Chief Inspector Carter, who is in charge of the investigation of recently disappeared children in Orick, realizes that Zane seems to suffer from amnesia. As the investigation unfolds, more and more clues surface to suggest Zane’s past hides more than just the answer to his amnesia.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 99 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2023-10-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$13.00$0.492018-11-222026-07-272018-11-22 — best price $9.752019-02-04 — best price $4.552019-02-25 — best price $13.002019-04-29 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-16 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $4.492020-06-08 — best price $4.492020-08-10 — best price $4.492020-10-22 — best price $6.992020-12-14 — best price $6.992021-02-01 — best price $6.992021-03-22 — best price $6.992021-07-08 — best price $6.992021-12-01 — best price $6.992022-01-05 — best price $6.992022-02-21 — best price $6.992022-11-01 — best price $6.992023-01-30 — best price $6.992023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-06-05 — best price $6.992023-08-28 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $0.492023-12-22 — best price $0.492024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-01-17 — best price $1.192025-03-13 — best price $1.392025-05-25 — best price $1.392025-10-27 — best price $0.592026-03-19 — best price $1.392026-06-25 — best price $0.692026-07-27 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

GoreIndieActionHorrorPuzzleViolentThrillerAdventureExplorationEarly Access

Census log

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

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