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Chasing Static cover art

Chasing Static

Headware Games · 2021-10-14

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 12, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 12, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 12, 2023 (Xbox One), Jan 12, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jan 12, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

A psychological horror short story. Explore the untouched wilderness of rural Wales as you uncover the forgotten remains of a mysterious facility and find the truth behind the missing villagers of Hearth.

Chasing Static is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $7.49, with a Very Positive sentiment (87% of 514 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners.

0
playing now
87%
positive of 514 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.76★
PlayStation Store rating (150 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Chasing Static is a video game released by Headware Games, the studio of independent developer Nathan Hamley. Described as a "psychological horror short story", the game is an exploration-based horror adventure game set in an open-ended Welsh countryside. A demo of the game was released as part of the 2021 horror game compilation Haunted PS1 Demo Disc, curated by independent developer Breogán Hackett. Chasing Static received a mixed reception from reviewers, with praise directed to the game's presentation, writing and atmosphere, and criticism of its short length and ending. In January 2023, the game was ported by publisher Ratalaika Games to consoles.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (158 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 514 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.09 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13613620212026Week of 2021-10-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.092021-10-142026-10-082021-10-14 — best price $12.742021-11-24 — best price $12.742021-12-22 — best price $12.742022-01-28 — best price $11.992022-04-11 — best price $9.742022-06-23 — best price $8.992022-08-29 — best price $13.992022-11-01 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-09-11 — best price $14.992023-11-02 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-11-03 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $14.992026-09-10 — best price $14.992026-09-24 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2312026-05-29 — 1 pageviews2026-06-02 — 13 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 10 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 16 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 5 pageviews2026-07-24 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 4 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 2 pageviews2026-08-21 — 9 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 19 pageviews2026-09-06 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 10 pageviews2026-09-14 — 10 pageviews2026-09-18 — 7 pageviews2026-09-22 — 13 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 15 pageviews2026-10-04 — 8 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
91.3%
earned "Help Yourself"
50.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)59511%20
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)16940%20
PS5 (PlayStation)12248%21
PS5 (PlayStation)8838%21
PS4 (PlayStation)5355%21
PS4 (PlayStation)3247%21
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

DarkHorrorMysteryAdventureCinematicNarrativeStory RichAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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