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Downfall cover art

Downfall

Harvester Games · Screen 7 · 2016-02-15

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 15, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

There is nothing Joe wouldn't do for his wife. But as they try to save their marriage with a romantic getaway, things go from bad to worse, and from worse... to insanity...

0
playing now
94%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
5.8h
to beat · rushed 4h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.24
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 120 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 42k–102k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,696 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 13 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-11 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.71$0.992016-02-152026-08-172016-02-15 — best price $12.592016-04-25 — best price $15.712016-09-19 — best price $13.992017-01-26 — best price $13.992017-07-05 — best price $12.992017-11-22 — best price $8.702018-02-12 — best price $13.502018-09-03 — best price $5.492018-12-05 — best price $10.212019-02-14 — best price $9.992019-08-19 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $5.592020-02-01 — best price $9.992020-08-04 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $6.692021-05-02 — best price $10.812021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-03-12 — best price $9.812022-05-28 — best price $9.992022-07-30 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $2.192023-06-12 — best price $9.492023-11-06 — best price $9.702024-03-14 — best price $3.992024-06-20 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492025-03-13 — best price $2.292025-07-10 — best price $8.992025-09-28 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-06-01 — best price $8.992026-08-17 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
62.9%
earned "Meet Joe Davis"
31.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, French, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,73018%30
Switch (Nintendo)40%0
Steam (Steam)0—22

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

Player tags

2DDarkGoreDramaIndieHorrorMatureAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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