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Camera Obscura

Anteater Games · 2015-02-19

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 19, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An ancient tower in a forgotten land. A lone photographer on a desperate search. Facing dangerous animals, crumbling architecture, and perilous pitfalls, can you reach the summit of the Tower, and perhaps, redemption?

0
playing now
72%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

You are a lone photographer on a desperate search. You’ll attempt to summit a ruined tower – a relic of a fanatical sect trying to reach the sun. Face off against dangerous animals, crumbling architecture, and perilous pitfalls.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 29% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–92k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,538 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.19 at Steam (2015-08-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-06 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.192015-02-202026-07-092015-02-20 — best price $6.992015-05-21 — best price $3.992015-06-29 — best price $1.492015-08-31 — best price $1.492015-11-02 — best price $1.342015-11-23 — best price $1.992016-01-04 — best price $0.502016-02-02 — best price $1.992016-02-22 — best price $1.992016-04-11 — best price $14.992016-05-02 — best price $1.992016-06-06 — best price $1.492016-07-11 — best price $1.492016-08-09 — best price $1.992016-10-10 — best price $1.992016-11-14 — best price $0.492016-12-15 — best price $1.992017-01-16 — best price $1.992017-02-12 — best price $0.492017-03-30 — best price $0.492017-04-12 — best price $0.502017-08-30 — best price $0.492017-11-22 — best price $0.492018-11-21 — best price $0.992019-02-04 — best price $0.792019-11-28 — best price $0.492020-01-24 — best price $0.992020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $0.492022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-08-08 — best price $0.712022-12-22 — best price $0.492024-03-14 — best price $0.772024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-06-26 — best price $0.892025-12-18 — best price $0.772026-07-09 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
42.9%
earned "Taking Off the Lens Cap"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,5912%45

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DAnimeIndieActionPuzzleStrategyAdventureDifficultPlatformerLevel Editor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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