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Deceive Inc.

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

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ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

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.

Deceive Inc. is an Action, Indie, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 7868 reviews).

4
playing now
81%
positive of 7.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.87★
PlayStation Store rating (1,082 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

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

Trailer

Deceive Inc. trailer thumbnail

Deceive Inc. - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 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 6% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 158k–354k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,876 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$4.00-80%
Microsoft Store$19.99

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 125 of 285 observed days (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

7002026-09-15 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 21 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 31 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 15 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 22 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 23 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.7k7Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 1,067 · peak 1,747May 2023 — avg 1,252 · peak 7,740Jul 2023 — avg 363 · peak 850Sep 2023 — avg 197 · peak 413Nov 2023 — avg 148 · peak 407Jan 2024 — avg 113 · peak 270Mar 2024 — avg 260 · peak 1,414May 2024 — avg 63 · peak 288Jul 2024 — avg 81 · peak 164Sep 2024 — avg 41 · peak 138Nov 2024 — avg 98 · peak 398Jan 2025 — avg 27 · peak 100Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 52May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 45Jul 2025 — avg 13 · peak 53Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 49Nov 2025 — avg 33 · peak 124Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 69Mar 2026 — avg 11 · peak 47May 2026 — avg 20 · peak 72Jul 2026 — avg 13 · peak 42Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.77$0.002023-02-062026-10-112023-02-06 — best price $19.992023-05-16 — best price $17.742023-07-17 — best price $15.992023-09-01 — best price $15.992023-10-19 — best price $9.992023-11-27 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-02-27 — best price $16.882024-04-09 — best price $16.882024-05-16 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-08-02 — best price $6.152024-09-26 — best price $19.992024-10-25 — best price $16.882024-11-25 — best price $8.002025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-02-22 — best price $16.882025-04-15 — best price $16.882025-05-19 — best price $7.992025-06-26 — best price $5.002025-08-17 — best price $16.882025-10-13 — best price $7.992025-12-01 — best price $19.312025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-01-07 — best price $16.882026-01-26 — best price $1.992026-02-14 — best price $23.732026-03-05 — best price $23.142026-03-23 — best price $22.972026-04-12 — best price $19.992026-04-29 — best price $23.332026-05-15 — best price $23.232026-06-02 — best price $3.992026-06-19 — best price $3.992026-07-07 — best price $22.812026-07-24 — best price $3.992026-08-10 — best price $1.992026-08-27 — best price $23.262026-09-20 — best price $19.992026-10-11 — best price $4.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

16652026-06-01 — 16 pageviews2026-06-05 — 16 pageviews2026-06-09 — 14 pageviews2026-06-13 — 21 pageviews2026-06-17 — 20 pageviews2026-06-21 — 7 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 14 pageviews2026-07-03 — 13 pageviews2026-07-07 — 18 pageviews2026-07-11 — 15 pageviews2026-07-15 — 14 pageviews2026-07-19 — 23 pageviews2026-07-23 — 23 pageviews2026-07-27 — 19 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 17 pageviews2026-08-16 — 24 pageviews2026-08-20 — 21 pageviews2026-08-24 — 12 pageviews2026-08-28 — 6 pageviews2026-09-01 — 16 pageviews2026-09-05 — 14 pageviews2026-09-09 — 9 pageviews2026-09-13 — 8 pageviews2026-09-17 — 11 pageviews2026-09-21 — 11 pageviews2026-09-25 — 25 pageviews2026-09-29 — 33 pageviews2026-10-03 — 20 pageviews2026-10-07 — 10 pageviews2026-10-11 — 11 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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-07-18 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvEPvPHeistShooterColorfulStrategyDetectiveTeam-BasedFirst-PersonHero Shooter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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