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Emily Wants To Play

Shawn Hitchcock · Hitchcock Games · 2015-12-10

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 09, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jan 30, 2016 (Android), Jan 30, 2016 (iOS), Dec 10, 2015 (Mac), Dec 10, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 09, 2016 (Xbox One)

It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.

1
playing now
78%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.49
steam price (US)

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

Emily Wants to Play is a 2015 survival horror video game created by indie developer Shawn Hitchcock. The game was first released for macOS and Windows on December 10, 2015. It was later released for iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Oculus Rift in 2016. A sequel titled Emily Wants to Play Too was released on December 13, 2017.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 101 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 58k–140k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,326 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-50%
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-07-30) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 24 of 44 observed days · $3.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-11 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.242015-12-112026-08-282015-12-11 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $2.442019-10-07 — best price $1.242020-04-14 — best price $4.492020-06-14 — best price $4.992020-07-25 — best price $4.992020-08-28 — best price $3.662020-10-02 — best price $4.492020-11-01 — best price $4.492020-12-03 — best price $4.492021-01-15 — best price $4.992021-02-12 — best price $3.662021-03-14 — best price $4.992021-04-12 — best price $2.442021-05-12 — best price $4.992021-06-21 — best price $4.492021-10-07 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-06-13 — best price $4.992022-09-22 — best price $3.662023-01-10 — best price $3.662023-03-31 — best price $4.492023-05-23 — best price $4.492023-10-03 — best price $4.492023-12-10 — best price $4.492024-01-28 — best price $3.662024-04-05 — best price $4.492024-06-23 — best price $4.492024-08-22 — best price $4.492024-10-23 — best price $4.492024-12-17 — best price $4.492025-02-25 — best price $4.492025-04-28 — best price $3.662025-06-07 — best price $3.662025-07-28 — best price $4.492025-09-08 — best price $4.492026-03-02 — best price $2.492026-08-28 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

106152026-05-30 — 32 pageviews2026-06-02 — 31 pageviews2026-06-05 — 41 pageviews2026-06-08 — 55 pageviews2026-06-11 — 25 pageviews2026-06-14 — 42 pageviews2026-06-17 — 28 pageviews2026-06-20 — 39 pageviews2026-06-23 — 27 pageviews2026-06-26 — 26 pageviews2026-06-29 — 24 pageviews2026-07-02 — 25 pageviews2026-07-05 — 36 pageviews2026-07-08 — 60 pageviews2026-07-11 — 30 pageviews2026-07-14 — 40 pageviews2026-07-17 — 33 pageviews2026-07-20 — 28 pageviews2026-07-23 — 31 pageviews2026-07-26 — 34 pageviews2026-07-29 — 30 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-04 — 31 pageviews2026-08-07 — 32 pageviews2026-08-10 — 36 pageviews2026-08-13 — 25 pageviews2026-08-16 — 25 pageviews2026-08-19 — 15 pageviews2026-08-22 — 106 pageviews2026-08-25 — 40 pageviews2026-08-27 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
25.3%
earned "No Peek-A-Boo For you"
11%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)3,72618%11
PS4 (PlayStation)2,71110%11
PS4 (PlayStation)2,41611%11
Steam (Steam)79016%11
PS4 (PlayStation)25630%11

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

Player tags

VRCo-opFunnyIndieActionHorrorStrategyAdventureJump ScareSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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