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God's Basement

Erebus · 2018-10-16

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

God's Basement is a first-person, narrative-driven, single player horror game. Uncover the secrets of an afterlife shrouded in mystery, as an entity known as "The Operator" leads you deeper into the fringes of a seemingly eternal purgatory.

God's Basement is a 2018 Adventure, Indie game priced at $14.99, with Mostly Positive (74% of 1319 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
74%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (89 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 33k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,316 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2019-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
757520182026Week of 2018-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992018-10-172026-08-242018-10-17 — best price $13.492019-01-03 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $11.992019-03-18 — best price $14.992019-05-20 — best price $14.992019-07-01 — best price $9.892019-08-01 — best price $9.892019-09-14 — best price $4.942019-10-28 — best price $4.942019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-20 — best price $14.992020-03-02 — best price $2.992020-06-15 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-08-28 — best price $2.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-12-16 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-04-30 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-10-13 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $2.992022-02-02 — best price $2.992022-05-06 — best price $2.992022-07-21 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-06-07 — best price $14.992023-10-26 — best price $3.442023-12-16 — best price $14.992024-02-28 — best price $2.992024-04-29 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-26 — best price $2.992025-09-02 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
87.6%
earned "Hello?"
41%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)83756%18

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

Player tags

DarkIndieHorrorMaturePuzzleMysteryViolentAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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