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除邪(CHUXIE)

LCGaming · 2024-07-28

Steam

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 28, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

除邪(CHUXIE) is a surreal first person horror shooting game developed using Unreal Engine 5. With the powerful capabilities of Unreal Engine 5, players will experience stunning realistic visual effects, smooth game controls, and intense battles with terrifying monsters.

80%
positive of 971 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
65/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

This time, the player will be placed in a dark, silent, and unsettling realm where each breath and movement narrowly avoids the specters of fear and death. Facing the threat of terrifying creatures, the player must conquer their inner fears, remain alert, and carefully investigate the surroundings, unraveling riddles as they go, in order to complete their mission, discover the escape route, and regain their liberty. The protagonist is a paranormal investigator responsible for investigating supernatural phenomena and eliminating demons. During an investigation, he discovers that evil creatures(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 98 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 26,519 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 971 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12412420242026Week of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

17
achievements tracked
50.7%
earned "Have a small harvest"
8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Indonesian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3278%17

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

Player tags

3DFPSActionDemonsHorrorMysterySurrealAdventureRealisticAtmospheric

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.