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Can't revert

Metaphor · 2024-08-20

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Can't revert is a first-person psychological horror game. You repeatedly find yourself in a house where your wife and son are dead. Discover hidden clues in the house and uncover the secrets of their deaths. Experience the constant tension and fear in the repetitive space.

79%
positive of 234 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 27,806 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 234 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2026-02-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
515120242026Week of 2024-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$1.242024-08-212026-09-052024-08-21 — best price $4.442024-10-28 — best price $3.492024-11-27 — best price $2.992024-12-11 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-01-17 — best price $4.992025-03-07 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-04 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $1.742025-07-26 — best price $1.742025-09-08 — best price $1.742025-09-29 — best price $1.742025-10-27 — best price $1.492025-12-03 — best price $1.492025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-01-12 — best price $1.492026-02-25 — best price $1.242026-03-19 — best price $1.242026-04-11 — best price $1.242026-05-25 — best price $1.242026-06-25 — best price $1.242026-08-22 — best price $1.242026-09-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "Chamber of Secrets"
81.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Korean, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10090%4

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

Player tags

3DDarkIndieHorrorPuzzleMysteryRealisticSingleplayerSupernaturalWalking Simulator

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.