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FACEMINER

Wristwork · Wristwork Ltd · 2025-02-27

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Feb 27, 2025 (Linux), Feb 27, 2025 (Mac), Feb 27, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build a biometric data harvesting empire from scratch in FACEMINER, the hardcore thriller clicker set in 1999. Classify data, upgrade mining infrastructure, and scale up your A.I. surveillance empire to obscene ends in this creepy narrative-driven incremental management sim with a dystopian twist.

FACEMINER is an Action, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $7.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1494 reviews).

32
playing now
90%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

32 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 32 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 108 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,557 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-04-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24024020252026Week of 2025-02-27: 240 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5132026-09-15 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 24 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 35 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 38 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 42 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 25 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 32 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
747Mar 2025Aug 2026Mar 2025 — avg 59 · peak 255Apr 2025 — avg 19 · peak 61May 2025 — avg 12 · peak 45Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 44Jul 2025 — avg 12 · peak 31Aug 2025 — avg 12 · peak 29Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 31Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 32Dec 2025 — avg 74 · peak 625Jan 2026 — avg 30 · peak 83Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 50Mar 2026 — avg 26 · peak 68Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 54May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Jun 2026 — avg 15 · peak 35Jul 2026 — avg 19 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 50
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$3.992025-02-272026-09-282025-02-27 — best price $6.392025-03-06 — best price $7.992025-04-11 — best price $6.792025-04-18 — best price $7.992025-05-28 — best price $6.392025-06-11 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-07-28 — best price $5.992025-08-11 — best price $7.992025-08-18 — best price $7.992025-09-11 — best price $5.592025-09-15 — best price $5.592025-09-25 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $5.352025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-10-27 — best price $5.192025-11-03 — best price $7.992025-12-05 — best price $4.792026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-01-19 — best price $4.792026-02-02 — best price $7.992026-03-04 — best price $4.792026-03-18 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $4.392026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-04-17 — best price $3.992026-05-01 — best price $7.992026-05-31 — best price $4.792026-06-14 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $7.992026-07-17 — best price $3.992026-07-31 — best price $7.992026-09-28 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
72.2%
earned "Perfectionist"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySave AnytimeSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-03-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5165%56

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

Player tags

IdlerRetro1990'sClickerEconomySurrealStrategyDystopian ManagementSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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