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Ghost in the pool cover art

Ghost in the pool

CASCHA GAMES · 2021-01-27

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 10, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black-and-white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments.

Ghost in the pool is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 358 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 357 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

It all started from a rumor that the school swimming pool has a ghost in it, Every innocent life can be the victim, especially when you go there at night. The school knows it but keep it quiet, and just simply lock the pool after day time.But, there always have some brave people who believe or not believe it, and break into the natatorium at night, and meet the horrible creature there and with no return back.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.1k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 357 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-10-28) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020202026Week of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992020-10-312026-08-262020-10-31 — best price $4.492021-01-28 — best price $4.492021-06-24 — best price $3.492021-10-11 — best price $3.492021-11-24 — best price $3.492022-01-27 — best price $2.492022-03-31 — best price $1.492022-06-13 — best price $3.492022-07-18 — best price $3.492022-09-26 — best price $2.492022-11-23 — best price $2.492023-01-23 — best price $2.492023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-08-07 — best price $2.492023-10-30 — best price $3.492023-12-11 — best price $4.492024-01-22 — best price $3.492024-03-14 — best price $1.492024-05-27 — best price $3.492024-07-15 — best price $3.492024-10-28 — best price $0.992024-12-09 — best price $3.492025-01-20 — best price $3.492025-03-13 — best price $3.492025-06-02 — best price $3.992025-07-28 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $3.992025-12-15 — best price $3.992026-02-25 — best price $3.992026-05-05 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $3.992026-08-26 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
93.4%
earned "Welcome In"
10.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Italian, French, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-01-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)24414%19
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

2DNoirAnimeDramaStylizedAdventureBeautifulComic BookHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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