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Don't Knock Twice

Wales Interactive · 2017-09-05

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 05, 2017 (PlayStation 4), TBD (PlayStation VR), Oct 17, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 05, 2017 (Xbox One)

Don't Knock Twice is a first-person horror game based on a psychologically terrifying urban legend. One knock to wake her from her bed, twice to raise her from the dead. Supports VR on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for the ultimate horror experience!

Don't Knock Twice is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 728 reviews).

1
playing now
72%
positive of 728 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
3.55★
PlayStation Store rating (1,065 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-17 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Don't Knock Twice is a first-person survival horror video game developed and published by Wales Interactive. The game is compatible with the PlayStation VR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift virtual reality platforms. It was released worldwide in September 2017. A version for the Nintendo Switch was released in October 2017. Don't Knock Twice shares the same name as the film and is loosely based on the same story. The player takes the role of a guilt-ridden mother who must save her estranged daughter by uncovering the truth behind the urban tale of a vengeful, demonic witch.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 29,196 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 728 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.49

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2023-03-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 26 of 43 observed days · $8.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-17 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60Oct 2016Oct 2023Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2017 — avg 6 · peak 25Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 18Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 20Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 12May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.992017-08-092026-10-152017-08-09 — best price $15.992017-12-01 — best price $9.992018-04-19 — best price $11.992018-09-20 — best price $19.992019-01-10 — best price $11.992019-06-26 — best price $9.992019-11-02 — best price $9.992020-01-12 — best price $9.992020-03-27 — best price $19.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992021-03-10 — best price $7.992021-10-28 — best price $5.992022-02-02 — best price $19.992022-06-10 — best price $5.992022-09-12 — best price $5.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-05-26 — best price $3.992023-08-25 — best price $6.992023-10-16 — best price $19.992023-12-04 — best price $4.992024-02-05 — best price $19.992024-03-29 — best price $4.992024-05-30 — best price $19.992024-07-25 — best price $19.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992025-01-30 — best price $19.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $6.792025-10-02 — best price $6.792025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-02-19 — best price $19.992026-04-30 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $19.992026-09-15 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2632026-05-29 — 6 pageviews2026-06-02 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 17 pageviews2026-06-18 — 9 pageviews2026-06-22 — 8 pageviews2026-06-26 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 12 pageviews2026-07-04 — 11 pageviews2026-07-08 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 8 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 26 pageviews2026-08-01 — 18 pageviews2026-08-05 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-21 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 11 pageviews2026-09-06 — 12 pageviews2026-09-10 — 4 pageviews2026-09-14 — 15 pageviews2026-09-18 — 13 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 4 pageviews2026-09-30 — 8 pageviews2026-10-04 — 11 pageviews2026-10-08 — 12 pageviews2026-10-12 — 8 pageviews2026-10-15 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
85.1%
earned "Relight My Fire"
37.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Arabic…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)5,19072%29
Xbox One (Xbox)2,48366%28
Steam (Steam)1,14713%28
Switch (Nintendo)50%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

VRIndieActionCasualHorrorPuzzleViolentAdventureAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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