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Deceive Inc. cover art

Deceive Inc.

Sweet Bandits Studios · Tripwire Presents · 2023-03-21

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ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 21, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 21, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Mar 21, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Go undercover as the world’s greatest spies in this tense multiplayer game of subterfuge. Disguise as anyone, deploy an arsenal of high-tech gadgets or neutralize the competition. As long as you extract with the objective, no trick is too dirty when you work for DECEIVE INC.

16
playing now
81%
positive of 7.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Deceive Inc. is a first-person shooter video game developed by Sweet Bandits Studios and published by Tripwire Interactive in 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 140 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,238 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 157k–354k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,868 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$23.16

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-11-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $23.83 · on sale 110 of 270 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20232026Week of 2023-03-01: 680 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,088 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 818 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3202026-08-07 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 22 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 30 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.83$0.002023-02-062026-08-302023-02-06 — best price $19.992023-06-06 — best price $17.212023-07-22 — best price $15.992023-09-17 — best price $19.992023-11-01 — best price $9.992023-12-15 — best price $10.002024-02-11 — best price $15.292024-04-04 — best price $16.882024-05-16 — best price $7.992024-07-02 — best price $15.742024-08-12 — best price $15.292024-10-02 — best price $16.882024-11-08 — best price $8.002024-12-23 — best price $8.002025-02-13 — best price $16.882025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-05-19 — best price $7.992025-07-11 — best price $3.992025-08-25 — best price $3.992025-10-29 — best price $16.882025-12-09 — best price $23.222025-12-30 — best price $23.482026-01-22 — best price $23.342026-02-12 — best price $23.712026-03-05 — best price $23.142026-03-25 — best price $23.102026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-05-05 — best price $23.352026-05-25 — best price $19.992026-06-12 — best price $23.112026-07-02 — best price $22.742026-07-22 — best price $22.802026-08-10 — best price $1.992026-08-29 — best price $23.162026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

16652026-06-01 — 16 pageviews2026-06-04 — 19 pageviews2026-06-07 — 20 pageviews2026-06-10 — 17 pageviews2026-06-13 — 21 pageviews2026-06-16 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 9 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-07 — 18 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-13 — 22 pageviews2026-07-16 — 49 pageviews2026-07-19 — 23 pageviews2026-07-22 — 20 pageviews2026-07-25 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 17 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 17 pageviews2026-08-24 — 12 pageviews2026-08-27 — 15 pageviews2026-08-29 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
68.7%
earned "On Deceive Inc.'s Secret Service"
31.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,8772%36
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,3052%36

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

Player tags

PvEPvPHeistShooterColorfulStrategyDetectiveTeam-BasedFirst-PersonHero Shooter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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