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Detention cover art

Detention

RedCandleGames · 2017-01-12

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 05, 2019 (iOS), Jan 12, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 06, 2019 (Android), Oct 03, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jan 12, 2017 (Mac), Mar 01, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Detention is an atmospheric horror game set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. Incorporated religious elements based in Taiwanese/Chinese culture and mythology, the game provided players with unique graphics and gaming experience.

Detention is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 11,803 reviews).

9
playing now
96%
positive of 12k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (87 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (240 downloads)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (777 ratings)
3.6h
to beat · completionist 3.7h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Detention is a horror adventure video game created and developed by Taiwanese game developer Red Candle Games for Steam. It is a 2D atmospheric horror side-scroller set in 1960s Taiwan under martial law. The game also incorporates religious elements based on Taiwanese culture and mythology. The game was released on 13 January 2017. A demo version was released on Steam Greenlight on 13 June 2016.

Trailer

Detention trailer thumbnail

Detention Official Trailer #2 - Josh Hutcherson Slasher Horror Movie (2012)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 329 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~41/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,712 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 28,753 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 296k–710k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,839 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.39-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2021-10-26) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 12 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 954 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1,758 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3412026-09-15 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 31 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4280Nov 2016Aug 2026Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2017 — avg 180 · peak 695May 2017 — avg 22 · peak 64Aug 2017 — avg 23 · peak 68Nov 2017 — avg 62 · peak 352Feb 2018 — avg 40 · peak 134May 2018 — avg 24 · peak 97Aug 2018 — avg 29 · peak 67Nov 2018 — avg 49 · peak 389Feb 2019 — avg 115 · peak 688May 2019 — avg 12 · peak 34Aug 2019 — avg 18 · peak 46Nov 2019 — avg 15 · peak 54Feb 2020 — avg 17 · peak 47May 2020 — avg 11 · peak 34Aug 2020 — avg 15 · peak 39Nov 2020 — avg 16 · peak 58Feb 2021 — avg 18 · peak 44May 2021 — avg 12 · peak 33Aug 2021 — avg 16 · peak 47Nov 2021 — avg 13 · peak 36Feb 2022 — avg 17 · peak 39May 2022 — avg 11 · peak 28Aug 2022 — avg 14 · peak 49Nov 2022 — avg 13 · peak 38Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 24May 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 29Nov 2023 — avg 9 · peak 33Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Nov 2024 — avg 12 · peak 37Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 21May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 41Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 41Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 22May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$0.992017-01-132026-10-082017-01-13 — best price $10.792017-09-17 — best price $8.032017-11-22 — best price $5.992018-02-15 — best price $5.992018-06-22 — best price $5.992018-10-29 — best price $4.792018-12-20 — best price $4.792019-02-18 — best price $6.002019-07-10 — best price $11.992019-10-28 — best price $4.792019-11-26 — best price $4.792020-01-23 — best price $3.592020-03-09 — best price $10.792020-04-14 — best price $10.792020-06-25 — best price $3.592020-11-25 — best price $4.792021-05-30 — best price $1.002021-06-24 — best price $1.002021-07-22 — best price $5.992021-11-01 — best price $11.992021-12-22 — best price $3.592022-05-17 — best price $1.002022-08-04 — best price $4.792022-11-22 — best price $3.592023-03-16 — best price $4.792023-11-21 — best price $3.592024-03-15 — best price $3.592024-10-28 — best price $3.592024-12-19 — best price $3.592025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-10-27 — best price $2.992026-01-16 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.392026-10-04 — best price $2.392026-10-08 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

194862026-05-29 — 146 pageviews2026-06-02 — 140 pageviews2026-06-06 — 121 pageviews2026-06-10 — 86 pageviews2026-06-14 — 120 pageviews2026-06-18 — 120 pageviews2026-06-22 — 94 pageviews2026-06-26 — 122 pageviews2026-06-30 — 98 pageviews2026-07-04 — 134 pageviews2026-07-08 — 112 pageviews2026-07-12 — 118 pageviews2026-07-16 — 114 pageviews2026-07-20 — 140 pageviews2026-07-24 — 124 pageviews2026-07-28 — 188 pageviews2026-08-01 — 121 pageviews2026-08-05 — 123 pageviews2026-08-09 — 146 pageviews2026-08-13 — 106 pageviews2026-08-17 — 151 pageviews2026-08-21 — 117 pageviews2026-08-25 — 128 pageviews2026-08-29 — 125 pageviews2026-09-02 — 123 pageviews2026-09-06 — 121 pageviews2026-09-10 — 103 pageviews2026-09-14 — 91 pageviews2026-09-18 — 111 pageviews2026-09-22 — 110 pageviews2026-09-26 — 131 pageviews2026-09-30 — 97 pageviews2026-10-04 — 112 pageviews2026-10-07 — 117 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
61.2%
earned "Foreign land"
29.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-01-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,58725%8
PS4 (PlayStation)57454%8
PS4 (PlayStation)49855%8
Switch (Nintendo)520%0
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

DarkDramaIndieHorrorPuzzleSurrealThrillerAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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