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Connection: The Nightmare Within

Dragon Level · 2024-10-25

Steam

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 25, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Inspired by the classics such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone In the Dark: Detective Stone investigates a shadow conspiracy. Explore atmospheric levels, fight monsters, and solve puzzles. Unravel a story of twists and turns. Choose classic fixed camera, or over-the-shoulder.

86%
positive of 154 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
$3.99
steam price (US)

Using the latest top-secret technology, detective Michael Stone dives into the mind of a terrorist cell member. While investigating their organization, he encounters monsters, puzzles, and twists and turns along the way.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–6.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 154 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2026-03-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 14 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920242026Week of 2024-10-25: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.99$3.742024-10-252026-08-222024-10-25 — best price $15.992024-11-27 — best price $12.792024-12-09 — best price $12.792024-12-19 — best price $12.792025-02-01 — best price $12.792025-03-13 — best price $12.792025-05-26 — best price $11.992025-06-27 — best price $12.792025-07-24 — best price $15.992025-09-06 — best price $15.992025-09-29 — best price $9.292025-10-27 — best price $9.292025-12-03 — best price $9.292025-12-18 — best price $9.292026-01-16 — best price $9.292026-03-01 — best price $3.742026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-04-14 — best price $3.742026-04-28 — best price $7.992026-06-07 — best price $7.992026-07-23 — best price $7.992026-08-22 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
62.6%
earned "Mindspace Agent"
28.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Player tags

DarkGoreActionHorrorPuzzleMysteryZombiesThrillerAdventureDetective

Census log

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

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