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Ells Tales: Chairbound cover art

Ells Tales: Chairbound

Ells&Pills · 2025-08-01

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 01, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You wake up tied to an office chair in the middle of an empty room. A mysterious device with a 10-minute timer is attached to you. Explore the office floors, try not to tip over, and find a way to escape!

Ells Tales: Chairbound is a Simulation game released in 2025, priced at $1.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 293 reviews).

82%
positive of 296 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (89 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.9k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 296 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
747420252026Week of 2025-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$1.492025-08-012026-07-252025-08-01 — best price $1.792025-08-15 — best price $1.992025-09-15 — best price $1.792025-09-27 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $1.592025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-10-27 — best price $1.592025-11-03 — best price $1.992025-12-03 — best price $1.592025-12-17 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-01-16 — best price $1.492026-01-30 — best price $1.992026-03-01 — best price $1.492026-03-15 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-04-14 — best price $1.492026-04-28 — best price $1.992026-05-28 — best price $1.492026-06-11 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-07-11 — best price $1.492026-07-25 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
88.6%
earned "One more time"
18.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

18 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Hungarian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2224%13

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

Census log

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

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