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DreadOut cover art

DreadOut

Digital Happiness · 2014-05-15

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 15, 2014 (Linux), May 15, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 15, 2014 (Mac)

DreadOut is a third person supernatural horror game where you play as Linda, a high school student trapped in an old abandoned town. Equipped with her trusty smart-phone, she will battle against terrifying encounters and solve mysterious puzzles which will ultimately determine her fate.

DreadOut is an Adventure and Indie title released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 5706 reviews).

2
playing now
77%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
34/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (286 downloads)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

DreadOut is a 2014 survival horror video game from independent developer Digital Happiness for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and OS X. A port for PlayStation 4 was announced but never released. The story is about a group of high school students in Indonesia who come across an old abandoned town. There they are confronted with ghosts and paranormal activities, and one of the students, the protagonist Linda, begins to uncover the secrets of the town and its surrounding area. A sequel, titled DreadOut 2, released for Microsoft Windows in February 2020, was subsequently ported to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in July 2022. A Nintendo Switch port of the sequel was released in January 2024.

Trailer

DreadOut trailer thumbnail

Official Trailer DREADOUT (2019) - Caitlin Halderman, Jefri Nichol

≈251,250 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 134 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 143k–343k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,718 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.60 at Playism (2019-03-04) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 118 of 168 observed days · $6.89 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10610620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
293May 2014Aug 2026May 2014 — avg 29 · peak 176Sep 2014 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2015 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2015 — avg 11 · peak 30Sep 2015 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2016 — avg 12 · peak 39May 2016 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2017 — avg 9 · peak 29May 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2017 — avg 23 · peak 68Jan 2018 — avg 11 · peak 30May 2018 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2018 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2019 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2019 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2020 — avg 12 · peak 52Sep 2020 — avg 10 · peak 30Jan 2021 — avg 11 · peak 40May 2021 — avg 6 · peak 16Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 20Jan 2022 — avg 7 · peak 23May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2023 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 11Jan 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2024 — avg 12 · peak 46Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 25Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.492016-03-08 — best price $14.992016-10-24 — best price $2.792017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-11-15 — best price $1.492019-12-11 — best price $2.992020-05-16 — best price $3.742020-12-02 — best price $11.012021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-04-08 — best price $14.992021-06-30 — best price $14.992021-11-30 — best price $14.992022-03-23 — best price $11.012022-10-25 — best price $3.742023-03-09 — best price $11.892023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-10-09 — best price $3.002023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-02-14 — best price $14.992024-04-30 — best price $11.892024-08-07 — best price $1.492024-11-18 — best price $3.832025-01-27 — best price $9.892025-04-05 — best price $11.012025-06-18 — best price $7.492025-09-03 — best price $4.762025-11-05 — best price $7.492026-01-07 — best price $11.892026-03-03 — best price $5.992026-05-16 — best price $6.152026-07-27 — best price $11.512026-09-09 — best price $5.092026-10-04 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

113242026-05-13 — 40 pageviews2026-05-17 — 50 pageviews2026-05-21 — 41 pageviews2026-05-25 — 54 pageviews2026-05-29 — 48 pageviews2026-06-02 — 34 pageviews2026-06-06 — 81 pageviews2026-06-10 — 66 pageviews2026-06-14 — 58 pageviews2026-06-18 — 42 pageviews2026-06-22 — 62 pageviews2026-06-26 — 57 pageviews2026-06-30 — 24 pageviews2026-07-04 — 55 pageviews2026-07-08 — 32 pageviews2026-07-12 — 44 pageviews2026-07-16 — 47 pageviews2026-07-20 — 49 pageviews2026-07-24 — 58 pageviews2026-07-28 — 50 pageviews2026-08-01 — 50 pageviews2026-08-05 — 55 pageviews2026-08-09 — 45 pageviews2026-08-13 — 57 pageviews2026-08-17 — 60 pageviews2026-08-21 — 55 pageviews2026-08-25 — 51 pageviews2026-08-29 — 62 pageviews2026-09-02 — 54 pageviews2026-09-06 — 65 pageviews2026-09-10 — 44 pageviews2026-09-14 — 46 pageviews2026-09-18 — 46 pageviews2026-09-22 — 65 pageviews2026-09-26 — 71 pageviews2026-09-30 — 35 pageviews2026-10-04 — 62 pageviews2026-10-08 — 64 pageviews2026-10-12 — 47 pageviews2026-10-13 — 70 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
69.7%
earned "Flashes before your eyes"
15.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-05-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,9005%42

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

IndieActionHorrorPuzzleZombiesSurvivalAdventureAtmosphericSingleplayerSupernatural

Census log

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

Recent updates

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