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Decay: The Mare cover art

Decay: The Mare

Shining Gate Software · Daedalic Entertainment · 2015-02-13

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 13, 2015 (Linux), Feb 13, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 13, 2015 (Mac), Oct 13, 2017 (Xbox One)

Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…

Decay: The Mare is a $4.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2015, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (76% of 2,079 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-08

70
playing now
76%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 2h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 70 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 105 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 94% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 52k–125k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,079 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$0.80-84%
Steam$3.49-95%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.24 at Gamer Thor (2025-10-05) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 164 of 168 observed days · $0.56 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9012026-09-14 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 22 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 36 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 49 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 41 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 70 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2721Feb 2015Aug 2026Feb 2015 — avg 6 · peak 35May 2015 — avg 1 · peak 9Aug 2015 — avg 9 · peak 105Nov 2015 — avg 6 · peak 20Feb 2016 — avg 4 · peak 18May 2016 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2016 — avg 3 · peak 16Nov 2016 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2017 — avg 4 · peak 23Feb 2018 — avg 3 · peak 24May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 25Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 36Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 47May 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2020 — avg 4 · peak 25Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 53Feb 2021 — avg 8 · peak 34May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 27Aug 2021 — avg 12 · peak 111Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 66Feb 2022 — avg 15 · peak 230May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 135Apr 2026 — avg 69 · peak 1,386Jul 2026 — avg 63 · peak 1,550Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 197
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.33$0.352015-02-102026-10-142015-02-10 — best price $9.042015-06-11 — best price $4.892015-09-24 — best price $2.492016-01-29 — best price $3.992016-06-20 — best price $0.992016-11-21 — best price $2.492017-04-23 — best price $2.492017-11-29 — best price $9.992018-05-25 — best price $0.862018-10-10 — best price $8.992019-02-27 — best price $0.992019-08-24 — best price $4.022019-12-16 — best price $0.802020-04-06 — best price $0.492020-07-12 — best price $3.892020-10-05 — best price $0.502021-01-03 — best price $4.992021-03-25 — best price $4.992021-06-12 — best price $4.192021-10-25 — best price $0.492022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-05-23 — best price $4.992022-09-02 — best price $0.852022-12-22 — best price $0.352023-05-29 — best price $0.642023-10-22 — best price $0.642024-02-05 — best price $0.652024-05-24 — best price $0.992024-09-16 — best price $0.742024-11-11 — best price $0.502025-04-14 — best price $0.742025-07-25 — best price $0.522025-10-07 — best price $0.702026-01-16 — best price $0.742026-05-08 — best price $0.792026-08-19 — best price $0.742026-10-14 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
21.9%
earned "Get Out"
7.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,49427%42
Xbox One (Xbox)1,54985%42

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

DarkIndieHorrorPuzzleAdventureStory RichAtmosphericEscape RoomExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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