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Chernobyl: Origins cover art

Chernobyl: Origins

Nelset · 2023-04-27

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 28, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Chernobyl: Origins" - is a quest game with psychological horror elements. You have to solve a lot of puzzles to find out the terrible secret of the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant. The game will take you to 1986, to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

86%
positive of 83 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 90% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (46 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 27,190 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 83 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days · $10.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
454520232026Week of 2023-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$1.192023-04-282026-10-082023-04-28 — best price $10.192023-06-05 — best price $9.592023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-07-17 — best price $5.992023-10-26 — best price $4.792023-11-21 — best price $4.792023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-02-05 — best price $7.192024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-04-29 — best price $2.392024-06-27 — best price $4.792024-07-29 — best price $7.192024-10-28 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992024-12-20 — best price $2.392025-01-13 — best price $5.992025-02-24 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $3.592025-04-21 — best price $3.592025-06-16 — best price $8.392025-06-27 — best price $1.192025-08-25 — best price $7.192025-09-29 — best price $2.392025-10-27 — best price $2.392025-12-18 — best price $2.392026-01-26 — best price $4.792026-03-19 — best price $2.392026-05-18 — best price $4.792026-06-25 — best price $1.192026-10-01 — best price $4.792026-10-08 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-04-28 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DDark1980sHorrorPuzzleSci-fiMysterySurvivalHand-drawnHistorical

Census log

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

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