The Game Census
CASE: Animatronics cover art

CASE: Animatronics

Walnut LLC · 2016-08-03

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 04, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 04, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 03, 2016 (Mac), Aug 03, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 19, 2019 (Xbox One), Mar 04, 2020 (iOS)

CASE: Animatronics is a truly scary and challenging first-person stealth horror on PC. Control of the police department is in the hands of anonymous hacker. All exits are locked. Electricity is off. Metallic thumps are getting closer. Will you survive, Detective Bishop?

5
playing now
83%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
57/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

You're a detective - John Bishop who carries out his investigation till the late night. After a strange dream and a mysterious call from an old “friend” Bishop starts to notice that something is wrong. The police department remains without electricity and is plunged into total darkness, a system has been hacked and all exits are locked. But that is not the real problem. Someone is following you, someone red-eyed and metal. You know them better as animatronics.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 265 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 107k–256k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,267 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11011020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2302026-08-06 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992016-08-042026-08-102016-08-04 — best price $8.992016-10-17 — best price $9.992016-12-12 — best price $4.992017-02-20 — best price $9.992017-07-24 — best price $1.492017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $2.492018-10-30 — best price $0.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-03-18 — best price $1.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-03-16 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-09 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-03-15 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $0.992022-01-17 — best price $9.992022-05-09 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-10-25 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-02-26 — best price $0.992024-05-20 — best price $9.992024-10-28 — best price $0.992024-12-16 — best price $9.992025-03-03 — best price $1.192025-04-21 — best price $9.992025-08-08 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-08-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
54.8%
earned "Met a Wolf"
15.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Russian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,43911%7
PS4 (PlayStation)76725%13
PS4 (PlayStation)74329%13
Xbox One (Xbox)37812%12
PS4 (PlayStation)12662%13
PS4 (PlayStation)7070%13
Switch (Nintendo)30%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkIndieActionHorrorRobotsSci-fiStealthSurvivalAdventureSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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