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Cyber Manhunt cover art

Cyber Manhunt

Aluba Van+ · 摸鱼游戏 · 2021-02-02

Steam

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Feb 03, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 03, 2021 (Mac)

Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.

Cyber Manhunt is an Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2021, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 15615 reviews).

28
playing now
92%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Cyber Manhunt is a narrative-driven puzzle game developed by the Chinese studio Aluba. It was first released in early access on Steam on 25 August 2020, and officially launched on 3 February 2021, followed by three DLC packs. As Aluba Studio's debut title, the game was later made available on both Android and iOS platforms.

Trailer

Cyber Manhunt trailer thumbnail

Cyber Manhunt: New World - Official Announcement Trailer

≈250,777 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 28 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 457 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~57/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,615 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 50,054 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 314k–706k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,691 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20202026Week of 2020-08-01: 1,505 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,142 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 737 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

15782026-09-15 12:00 — 70 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 35 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 69 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 30 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 77 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 43 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 33 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 124 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 78 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 85 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 157 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 24 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 104 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 140 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 56 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 148 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 28 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 66 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
71127Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 711 · peak 1,878Oct 2020 — avg 121 · peak 1,008Dec 2020 — avg 27 · peak 94Feb 2021 — avg 365 · peak 1,111Apr 2021 — avg 74 · peak 299Jun 2021 — avg 59 · peak 274Aug 2021 — avg 222 · peak 1,078Oct 2021 — avg 73 · peak 346Dec 2021 — avg 54 · peak 182Feb 2022 — avg 249 · peak 877Apr 2022 — avg 114 · peak 471Jun 2022 — avg 125 · peak 458Aug 2022 — avg 136 · peak 571Oct 2022 — avg 88 · peak 507Dec 2022 — avg 228 · peak 870Feb 2023 — avg 79 · peak 330Apr 2023 — avg 82 · peak 335Jun 2023 — avg 57 · peak 392Aug 2023 — avg 60 · peak 191Oct 2023 — avg 52 · peak 212Dec 2023 — avg 80 · peak 260Feb 2024 — avg 110 · peak 369Apr 2024 — avg 66 · peak 227Jun 2024 — avg 92 · peak 332Aug 2024 — avg 101 · peak 298Oct 2024 — avg 57 · peak 223Dec 2024 — avg 62 · peak 205Feb 2025 — avg 131 · peak 490Apr 2025 — avg 45 · peak 133Jun 2025 — avg 72 · peak 276Aug 2025 — avg 56 · peak 204Oct 2025 — avg 58 · peak 186Dec 2025 — avg 50 · peak 186Feb 2026 — avg 133 · peak 407Apr 2026 — avg 61 · peak 190Jun 2026 — avg 73 · peak 259Aug 2026 — avg 83 · peak 300
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$3.492020-08-242026-08-102020-08-24 — best price $6.492020-10-29 — best price $7.492020-12-07 — best price $7.992021-01-25 — best price $7.992021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-06-24 — best price $7.992021-09-27 — best price $7.992021-11-15 — best price $7.992021-12-23 — best price $7.492022-02-07 — best price $7.992022-05-02 — best price $6.992022-06-23 — best price $6.492022-08-15 — best price $6.992022-10-31 — best price $6.492022-12-05 — best price $6.492023-01-16 — best price $5.992023-03-16 — best price $5.992023-05-22 — best price $5.992023-07-17 — best price $5.992023-10-09 — best price $5.992023-12-04 — best price $5.992024-02-08 — best price $5.492024-04-01 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $5.492024-09-30 — best price $5.492024-11-27 — best price $5.492025-01-28 — best price $4.992025-04-28 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $4.992025-09-08 — best price $4.992025-10-27 — best price $4.992026-02-12 — best price $3.992026-04-27 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-08-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2312026-05-28 — 4 pageviews2026-06-01 — 11 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 12 pageviews2026-06-13 — 3 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 5 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 8 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-15 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-23 — 16 pageviews2026-07-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 7 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews2026-09-01 — 8 pageviews2026-09-05 — 13 pageviews2026-09-09 — 7 pageviews2026-09-13 — 14 pageviews2026-09-17 — 10 pageviews2026-09-21 — 23 pageviews2026-09-25 — 9 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-03 — 12 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews2026-10-11 — 6 pageviews2026-10-13 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.5%
earned "Scam Gang"
21.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

2 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-07-26, latest 2022-08-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2555%62

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

2DRPGCrimeIndiePuzzleHackingMysteryCyberpunkDetectiveSimulation

Census log

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

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