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Area 86 cover art

Area 86

SimDevs · 2020-04-15

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 11, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 15, 2020 (Mac), Apr 15, 2020 (Linux), Apr 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 07, 2020 (Xbox One)

Area 86 is a physics-based escape room puzzle game. Control your robot in an interactive environment. Push, pick, throw, activate or destroy objects to escape.

Area 86 is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (80% of 40 reviews).

0
playing now
80%
positive of 40 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 57% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2023-12-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420202025Week of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 01:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992020-04-152026-10-102020-04-15 — best price $12.742020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-08-09 — best price $6.992020-09-11 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $6.692021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-04-15 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-09-06 — best price $3.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $2.492022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-03-28 — best price $2.992022-05-30 — best price $9.992022-08-22 — best price $2.492022-10-10 — best price $9.992022-12-19 — best price $1.392023-01-30 — best price $9.992023-04-24 — best price $1.992023-06-12 — best price $9.992023-08-07 — best price $4.992023-09-25 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-04-08 — best price $9.992024-08-05 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-09-19 — best price $9.992026-10-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
88.4%
earned "How fast?"
10.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Polish, Latvian

Player tags

3DPuzzleParkourPhysicsSandboxDetectiveControllerEscape RoomExplorationHidden Object

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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