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Eliza cover art

Eliza

Zachtronics · 2019-08-12

SteamGOG

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 09, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 12, 2019 (Linux), Aug 12, 2019 (Mac)

Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future.

4
playing now
91%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Eliza is a visual novel game developed by Zachtronics, released on Windows, macOS, and Linux on August 12, 2019, with a Nintendo Switch version on October 10, 2019.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 18% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–105k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,754 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2021-01-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 21 of 38 observed days · $3.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.492019-08-132026-08-302019-08-13 — best price $14.992019-12-11 — best price $11.192020-01-22 — best price $11.242020-03-17 — best price $14.992020-05-07 — best price $7.492020-08-06 — best price $7.492020-11-23 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-03-22 — best price $7.492021-06-24 — best price $7.492021-09-07 — best price $14.992021-11-26 — best price $7.492022-02-14 — best price $7.492022-04-25 — best price $14.992022-07-18 — best price $14.992022-09-23 — best price $7.492022-11-23 — best price $7.492023-01-06 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-05-08 — best price $7.492023-07-17 — best price $14.992023-10-23 — best price $7.492023-12-11 — best price $7.492024-02-06 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-05-19 — best price $14.992024-07-16 — best price $7.492024-09-18 — best price $7.492024-11-01 — best price $7.492024-12-03 — best price $14.992025-01-23 — best price $7.492025-03-06 — best price $7.492025-04-18 — best price $14.992025-06-03 — best price $14.992025-08-11 — best price $14.992025-10-13 — best price $7.492026-01-23 — best price $7.492026-05-02 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
22.4%
earned "Think Carefully"
22.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Hungarian, Russian, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,221100%1
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

IndieCasualLGBTQ+Sci-fiBeautifulEmotionalDystopian Story RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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