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COMPOUND

Bevan McKechnie · notdead · 2022-07-19

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Dec 08, 2022 (Meta Quest 2), Aug 13, 2024 (PlayStation VR2), May 15, 2018 (SteamVR)

COMPOUND is a randomized rogue-lite, free-roaming shooter for VR veterans. Duck and dodge around enemy fire in a tough-as-nails retro FPS with multiple locomotion options. Download the demo below!

COMPOUND is an Action, Indie game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 2137 reviews).

0
playing now
97%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (39 downloads)
4.65★
PlayStation Store rating (308 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 51 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 43k–97k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,146 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2018-05-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720182026Week of 2018-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
230Apr 2017Jul 2026Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2019 — avg 5 · peak 156Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 13Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Oct 2020 — avg 6 · peak 22Jan 2021 — avg 6 · peak 22Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 30Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2022 — avg 7 · peak 25Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2022 — avg 23 · peak 102Oct 2022 — avg 8 · peak 24Jan 2023 — avg 21 · peak 78Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

21
achievements tracked
62.7%
earned "Stinky"
7.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7141%21
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)996%21

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

3DVRFPS1980sIndieRetroActionShooterRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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