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Close Contact cover art

Close Contact

Propulsion Games · 2020-11-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 02, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Close Contact is a narrative-driven, sci-fi horror game where you must navigate an advanced underground base whilst avoiding the alien creature that stalks you.

Close Contact is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $4.99 with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (81% of 21 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 21 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 75% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2022-01-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220202025Week of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.242020-11-022026-03-262020-11-02 — best price $3.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-02-01 — best price $3.992021-02-11 — best price $3.992021-03-22 — best price $2.492021-04-26 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-08-09 — best price $2.492021-10-28 — best price $2.492021-11-24 — best price $2.992021-12-23 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $1.242022-05-02 — best price $3.992022-06-24 — best price $1.242022-10-25 — best price $2.492022-11-22 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-05-01 — best price $2.492023-06-29 — best price $1.242023-10-26 — best price $3.092023-11-22 — best price $2.992023-12-22 — best price $1.242024-03-14 — best price $1.242024-06-27 — best price $1.242024-07-23 — best price $1.242024-10-28 — best price $1.242024-11-27 — best price $1.242024-12-20 — best price $1.242025-03-13 — best price $1.242025-06-26 — best price $1.242025-09-30 — best price $1.242025-12-18 — best price $1.242026-03-20 — best price $1.242026-03-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DDarkActionAliensHorrorLinearSci-fiMysterySurvivalAdventure

Census log

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

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