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Decay: The Mare

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

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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…

12
playing now
76%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 2h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 21% of 11,321 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 52k–124k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,074 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$0.63-87%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.63-87%
Humble Store$0.74-85%
Steam$0.79-84%
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 162 of 163 observed days · $0.55 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

16322026-08-06 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 80 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 56 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.402015-02-102026-08-302015-02-10 — best price $9.042015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-10-25 — best price $9.992016-02-17 — best price $1.992016-07-25 — best price $1.042017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-07-27 — best price $8.392018-02-27 — best price $9.992018-07-21 — best price $4.282018-12-19 — best price $0.992019-06-10 — best price $0.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992020-03-09 — best price $0.492020-07-03 — best price $0.492020-10-01 — best price $4.192021-01-03 — best price $4.992021-04-02 — best price $0.402021-07-03 — best price $0.492021-11-11 — best price $0.502022-03-03 — best price $0.462022-06-24 — best price $0.842022-10-18 — best price $4.992023-03-13 — best price $0.492023-08-08 — best price $0.642023-12-19 — best price $4.992024-04-21 — best price $4.992024-08-11 — best price $4.992024-11-01 — best price $0.602025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-07-21 — best price $0.602025-10-07 — best price $0.702026-01-24 — best price $0.752026-05-28 — best price $0.712026-08-30 — best price $0.79
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.

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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