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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
47/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
3.44★
PlayStation Store rating (380 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 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 33% of 27,667 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 16 of 27 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

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10Apr 2016Aug 2019Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 18May 2016 — avg 1 · peak 11Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Aug 2019

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$0.992016-04-282026-09-072016-04-28 — 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 $9.992026-09-07 — best price $2.49
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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Similarity via IGDB.

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