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Crimson Gray

Sierra Lee · 2017-07-14

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 2017 (Mac), Jul 2017 (Linux), Jul 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

John is a young man suffering from severe depression. As he loses his sense of purpose in life, he begins to see the world in unfocused gray. Just when he begins to lose all hope, John meets a girl... a very special girl.

Crimson Gray is a 2017 Adventure, Indie, and Simulation title priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (96% of 449 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

2
playing now
96%
positive of 449 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 449 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2017-10-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720172026Week of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$4.992017-07-152026-07-092017-07-15 — best price $8.992017-09-22 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-03-16 — best price $4.992018-05-28 — best price $9.992018-07-27 — best price $4.992018-10-16 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-04-19 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-03 — best price $4.992020-03-28 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-03 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
78.1%
earned "Definitely Romance"
38.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)51463%10

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

Player tags

AnimeIndieCasualHorrorNudityViolentDating SimSimulationStory RichVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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