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Effigy : The Descent cover art

Effigy : The Descent

Efficiency · Rubika Supinfogame · 2022-05-12

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Effigy : The Descent is a first-person survival-horror game in which you will face statues, with your lantern as your only tool to stop them. Gather all artefacts from the cave and freedom will be yours !

Effigy : The Descent is an Action and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (92% of 12 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 12 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-09-29 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Top 93% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520222023Week of 2022-05-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-23: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Player tags

DarkActionHorrorMysteryNonlinearRealisticAtmosphericExplorationFirst-PersonLovecraftian

Census log

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

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