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DISTRAINT 2

Jesse Makkonen · 2018-11-13

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 12, 2019 (Android), Jul 10, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Q1 2019 (iOS), Jul 10, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jul 10, 2020 (Xbox One), Nov 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are Price, a man who sold his humanity to get a partnership from a leading company: McDade, Bruton & Moore. DISTRAINT 2 follows on from the events of the first game. It's a sinister tale about restoring hope and finding your purpose.

DISTRAINT 2 is a 2018 Adventure Casual Indie game priced at $0.80, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive reviews (95% of 4897 reviews).

8
playing now
95%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (5 downloads)
4.49★
PlayStation Store rating (347 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.80
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

DISTRAINT 2 trailer thumbnail

DISTRAINT 2 - Official Release Trailer

≈59,358 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 295 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,619 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 123k–296k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,938 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.79-91%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.53 at Humble Store (2023-05-05) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 66 of 89 observed days · $0.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16216220182026Week of 2018-11-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
251Nov 2018Aug 2026Nov 2018 — avg 8 · peak 33Feb 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 19Nov 2019 — avg 5 · peak 23Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15May 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 21Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 22Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 19Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 16Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 143Nov 2024 — avg 11 · peak 52Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$8.99$0.532018-11-022026-10-142018-11-02 — best price $8.092019-01-30 — best price $8.992019-05-21 — best price $6.022019-08-22 — best price $4.502019-11-02 — best price $8.992019-12-13 — best price $3.592020-02-08 — best price $8.992020-04-11 — best price $8.992020-06-26 — best price $3.602020-09-18 — best price $8.992020-12-16 — best price $3.142021-02-21 — best price $8.992021-05-19 — best price $2.692021-08-16 — best price $8.992021-11-24 — best price $1.972022-01-14 — best price $8.092022-04-04 — best price $8.992022-06-28 — best price $8.992022-10-26 — best price $1.372023-01-26 — best price $8.992023-05-23 — best price $1.252023-09-10 — best price $8.992024-01-04 — best price $8.992024-04-18 — best price $8.992024-07-16 — best price $1.252024-10-21 — best price $8.992025-03-04 — best price $0.892025-06-18 — best price $0.892025-09-29 — best price $0.802026-03-26 — best price $8.992026-07-17 — best price $0.792026-09-08 — best price $0.792026-09-26 — best price $0.792026-10-14 — best price $0.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
50.5%
earned "Complete Prologue"
31.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Finnish, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Russian, Turkish, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Italian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-07-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,50048%9
PS4 (PlayStation)78392%16
Xbox One (Xbox)63886%15
PS4 (PlayStation)54793%16
PS4 (PlayStation)30495%16
Switch (Nintendo)0—0
Switch (Nintendo)0—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

2DIndieHorrorLinearSurrealAdventureNarrationStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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