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Eliza

Zachtronics · 2019-08-12

SteamGOG

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Eliza is a 2019 Indie title priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (91% of 1755 reviews).

1
playing now
91%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 44k–105k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,755 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2021-01-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 51 of 75 observed days · $11.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
848420192026Week of 2019-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
262Aug 2019Mar 2025Aug 2019 — avg 25 · peak 110Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2019 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2020 — avg 16 · peak 66Apr 2020 — avg 13 · peak 33Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 25Aug 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 18Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 18Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.742019-08-132026-10-142019-08-13 — best price $14.992019-12-16 — best price $14.992020-01-29 — best price $14.992020-04-14 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-11-23 — best price $14.992021-01-21 — best price $14.992021-04-23 — best price $7.492021-08-19 — best price $14.992021-11-03 — best price $14.992022-02-14 — best price $7.492022-05-11 — best price $14.992022-08-01 — best price $14.992022-11-16 — best price $14.992023-01-03 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-05-24 — best price $14.992023-08-28 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $7.492024-01-25 — best price $7.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-05-29 — best price $14.992024-08-01 — best price $7.492024-10-17 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-01-23 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-05-09 — best price $7.492025-07-16 — best price $7.492025-10-07 — best price $7.492026-01-23 — best price $7.492026-06-17 — best price $7.492026-09-03 — best price $7.492026-09-15 — best price $7.492026-09-27 — best price $7.492026-10-09 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3582026-06-01 — 19 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 23 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 22 pageviews2026-06-25 — 35 pageviews2026-06-29 — 17 pageviews2026-07-03 — 30 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 20 pageviews2026-07-23 — 9 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 8 pageviews2026-08-04 — 27 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 16 pageviews2026-08-16 — 13 pageviews2026-08-20 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 15 pageviews2026-08-28 — 18 pageviews2026-09-01 — 12 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 14 pageviews2026-09-13 — 14 pageviews2026-09-17 — 14 pageviews2026-09-21 — 15 pageviews2026-09-25 — 16 pageviews2026-09-29 — 27 pageviews2026-10-03 — 30 pageviews2026-10-07 — 19 pageviews2026-10-11 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-01 (Steam store data)

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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