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Gaze of Dread

Just Sauce Studio · 2025-10-23

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 23, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mary Thorne retreats to Valley View Escape to focus on her project while waiting for her friend Carly. What begins as a calm week starts to feel… off.

100%
positive of 41 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 68% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 75% of 14,004 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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202020252026Week of 2025-10-23: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

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