The Game Census
Blue Whale cover art

Blue Whale

Lissencephaly · 2017-10-31

Steam

ViolentAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 31, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

After returning from school, 12 year old Midori receives a message on the social network from a stranger. He invites her to play the "Blue Whale", a mysterious and dangerous game, at the end of which Midori should become a whale...

54%
positive of 50 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 166 Violent games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2023-06-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172026Week of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$3.99$0.392017-10-312025-10-062017-10-31 — best price $3.992018-02-15 — best price $3.192018-03-26 — best price $3.992018-06-22 — best price $1.992018-07-30 — best price $3.992018-10-30 — best price $2.992019-01-03 — best price $3.992019-02-04 — best price $2.592019-04-01 — best price $3.992019-06-26 — best price $2.592019-07-29 — best price $3.992019-10-28 — best price $2.392020-01-02 — best price $3.992020-03-08 — best price $2.192020-06-25 — best price $2.792020-08-17 — best price $3.992020-11-25 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-03-15 — best price $2.792021-05-10 — best price $3.992021-10-28 — best price $0.792021-12-01 — best price $3.992022-10-10 — best price $0.592022-11-29 — best price $3.992023-05-15 — best price $0.592023-07-13 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $2.392025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CuteAnimeDramaIndieMemesHorrorViolentRPGMakerAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.