The Game Census
Descending I - House of Nightmares cover art

Descending I - House of Nightmares

Dungeon Games · 2021-04-09

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Apr 09, 2021 (SteamVR)

Descending is a VR horror game with puzzle elements. You play as the new owner of a house and your goal is to break the curse that was cast upon the estate.

90%
positive of 50 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 23,259 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-07-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620212026Week of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992021-04-092026-09-212021-04-09 — best price $7.992021-07-30 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-04-18 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-10-25 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-01-16 — best price $0.992023-03-06 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $0.992023-06-05 — best price $9.992023-07-31 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-01-22 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-04-15 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-07-22 — best price $9.992024-10-28 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-02-17 — best price $0.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-12 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-03-09 — best price $9.992026-04-13 — best price $0.992026-06-01 — best price $9.992026-07-27 — best price $0.992026-09-21 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DVRMagicDemonsHorrorPuzzleAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

Sinister CityHouse of CaravanInflictionFatum BetulaFive Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗