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Cyber Manhunt cover art

Cyber Manhunt

Aluba Van+ · 摸鱼游戏 · 2021-02-02

Steam

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

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).

49
playing now
92%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

49 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 49 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 4% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 312k–703k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,615 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 10 of 20 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

301182026-08-07 02:00 — 84 players2026-08-07 10:00 — 185 players2026-08-07 18:00 — 102 players2026-08-08 02:00 — 83 players2026-08-08 10:00 — 218 players2026-08-08 18:00 — 125 players2026-08-09 02:00 — 86 players2026-08-09 10:00 — 260 players2026-08-09 18:00 — 120 players2026-08-10 02:00 — 73 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 218 players2026-08-10 18:00 — 89 players2026-08-11 02:00 — 75 players2026-08-11 10:00 — 165 players2026-08-12 06:00 — 107 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 150 players2026-08-14 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 05:00 — 104 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 109 players2026-08-18 20:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 45 players2026-08-21 11:00 — 84 players2026-08-22 19:00 — 37 players2026-08-24 02:00 — 30 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 75 players2026-08-26 18:00 — 47 players2026-08-28 02:00 — 29 players2026-08-29 09:00 — 80 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 49 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

1612026-05-28 — 4 pageviews2026-05-31 — 8 pageviews2026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-09 — 12 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 5 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 10 pageviews2026-07-18 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 5 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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