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Buried: An Interactive Story cover art

Buried: An Interactive Story

Bromoco Games · 2016-01-22

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 22, 2016 (Mac), Jan 22, 2016 (Linux), Jan 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Buried is a playable, interactive story told through stunning photos, a haunting soundscape, and gripping text. You play the role of Roger Hastings, a logger who awakens to find his friends missing, uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...

95%
positive of 160 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29 reviews).
  • · Top 43% of 18,994 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.0k–9.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 160 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820162026Week of 2016-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$1.792016-01-232026-07-092016-01-23 — best price $2.992016-02-05 — best price $2.692016-02-12 — best price $2.992020-03-03 — best price $2.002020-03-06 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.942026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.792026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.392026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieHorrorAdventureText-BasedVisual NovelInteractive FictionChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

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

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