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An Outcry

Quinn K. · 2022-01-05

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 05, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.

94%
positive of 124 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive. On the fourth floor of an apartment complex in Vienna, five people lead their lonely lives. Behind door #3 lives the Unnamed, a 25-year-old shut-in: A smoker, interested in bikes, books and music, in the grip of heavy anxiety and poverty. By complete chance, the Unnamed would lock themself out of their apartment one fateful night, and be placed in your hands. The night of the 14th of October 2017 was no ordinary night- A heavy beating of strange wings filled the air with the scent of smoke, and covered the stars in an ink-like ro(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 18,692 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 124 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120222026Week of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$3.992022-01-052026-07-092022-01-05 — best price $10.792022-06-11 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-07-23 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-02-06 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-10-31 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-02-19 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-10-03 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-01-05 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRPGDarkMusicNarrativeStory RichText-BasedAtmosphericSingleplayerPsychological

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.