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Back in 1995 cover art

Back in 1995

Throw the warped code out · KOMODO · 2016-04-28

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 28, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 28, 2016 (Mac), May 24, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), May 22, 2019 (PlayStation 4), May 22, 2019 (PlayStation Vita), May 22, 2019 (Xbox One)

A throwback to the survival horror and mystery games of the original Playstation, Back in 1995 faithfully re-creates everything from this forgotten era of games.

0
playing now
66%
positive of 146 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
47/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 63% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 63% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 146 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2026-04-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 15 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162026Week of 2016-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.992016-04-282026-08-102016-04-28 — best price $9.592016-06-02 — best price $11.992016-08-23 — best price $5.992016-11-01 — best price $11.992017-01-26 — best price $11.992017-11-22 — best price $8.992018-01-25 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-05-06 — best price $9.992019-09-12 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-01-17 — best price $5.992020-05-04 — best price $9.992020-08-20 — best price $4.992020-10-01 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-27 — best price $3.992022-07-15 — best price $3.992022-11-18 — best price $3.992023-01-20 — best price $3.992023-05-08 — best price $9.992023-09-05 — best price $9.992023-11-10 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $3.992024-10-28 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-05-08 — best price $9.992025-08-14 — best price $2.492025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $2.492026-06-04 — best price $2.492026-08-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
94.5%
earned "Are you still here?"
31%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Player tags

IndieRetroActionHorrorAdventureSurvival Horror

Census log

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

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