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DON'T SCREAM

Digital Cybercherries · 2024-10-28

Steam

CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 27, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

If you scream, you restart. A jumpscare horror simulator where you walk through a pitch black forest and escape by reaching 8:00 AM.

DON'T SCREAM is a Casual, Simulation game released in 2024, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners, priced at $7.99, and holds a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 4873 reviews).

10
playing now
65%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

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

Don't Scream is an indie survival horror game, designed by Joe Henson. The game became popular when it released for early access on 27 October 2023. Version 1.0 was released on 28 October 2024.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 289 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity up 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,724 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 97k–219k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,873 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-05-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 12 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20232026Week of 2023-10-01: 1,139 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 585 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 875 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 473 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2302026-09-14 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1077Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 107 · peak 868Dec 2023 — avg 27 · peak 76Jan 2024 — avg 19 · peak 50Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 41Mar 2024 — avg 16 · peak 50Apr 2024 — avg 19 · peak 57May 2024 — avg 20 · peak 55Jun 2024 — avg 18 · peak 44Jul 2024 — avg 14 · peak 31Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 23Oct 2024 — avg 15 · peak 116Nov 2024 — avg 17 · peak 109Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 29Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 30Feb 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Mar 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 21Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 17Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 17Sep 2025 — avg 11 · peak 42Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 73Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 78Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 70Jan 2026 — avg 15 · peak 37Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 22Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 28Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 24May 2026 — avg 20 · peak 80Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 35Jul 2026 — avg 9 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.992023-10-272026-07-092023-10-27 — best price $8.992023-11-03 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $8.492024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $8.492024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-04-29 — best price $7.992024-05-06 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $8.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-18 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $13.492024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $11.242024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-09 — best price $11.992024-12-16 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $10.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $12.742025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-19 — best price $11.242025-09-26 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $12.742025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $6.742025-11-03 — best price $14.992025-11-21 — best price $7.992025-12-03 — best price $5.352025-12-10 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $5.192026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $5.592026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-05-06 — best price $3.992026-05-13 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $5.192026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

652102026-05-29 — 26 pageviews2026-06-02 — 61 pageviews2026-06-06 — 47 pageviews2026-06-10 — 29 pageviews2026-06-14 — 33 pageviews2026-06-18 — 27 pageviews2026-06-22 — 24 pageviews2026-06-26 — 19 pageviews2026-06-30 — 23 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-08 — 32 pageviews2026-07-12 — 25 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 24 pageviews2026-07-24 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 32 pageviews2026-08-01 — 15 pageviews2026-08-05 — 29 pageviews2026-08-09 — 16 pageviews2026-08-13 — 16 pageviews2026-08-17 — 26 pageviews2026-08-21 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 19 pageviews2026-08-29 — 29 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 20 pageviews2026-09-10 — 16 pageviews2026-09-14 — 15 pageviews2026-09-18 — 20 pageviews2026-09-22 — 16 pageviews2026-09-26 — 23 pageviews2026-09-30 — 145 pageviews2026-10-04 — 58 pageviews2026-10-07 — 39 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
31.8%
earned "The Spectator"
7.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support

16 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Indonesian, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)44111%18

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

Short1990'sCasualHorrorMysterySurrealRealisticJump ScareSimulationExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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