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GYLT cover art

GYLT

Haven Media · Parallel Circles · 2023-07-06

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 19, 2019 (Google Stadia), Jul 06, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 06, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jul 06, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jul 06, 2023 (Xbox One), Jul 06, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Shape your fears… Fear the shapes. Embark on a journey where you face your worst fears and are confronted with the emotional impact of your actions in this narrative adventure game with puzzles, stealth and action.

GYLT is an Action and Adventure game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 1290 reviews).

2
playing now
95%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (893 downloads)
4.59★
PlayStation Store rating (1,411 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Gylt is a survival horror video game developed and published by Tequila Works. It was released on November 19, 2019 for Google Stadia. It was notable for being one of the few Stadia-exclusive titles, causing it to be temporarily unavailable for sale upon that platform's shutdown in 2023. It was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on July 6, 2023. A port for Nintendo Switch was released on March 14, 2024. Gylt received mixed reviews from critics, who called it enjoyable and praised the graphics, but said that it lacked excitement.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 107 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,293 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Fanatical (2025-03-03) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 61 of 79 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16116120232026Week of 2023-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992023-07-052026-10-142023-07-05 — best price $19.992023-09-18 — best price $15.992023-10-25 — best price $13.992023-11-21 — best price $13.992023-12-11 — best price $9.992024-01-19 — best price $9.992024-03-06 — best price $9.992024-04-11 — best price $19.992024-04-26 — best price $16.992024-05-19 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-08-13 — best price $9.992024-09-17 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-01-13 — best price $7.992025-02-05 — best price $7.992025-03-03 — best price $4.992025-03-21 — best price $19.992026-01-23 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-21 — best price $19.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-07-21 — best price $14.992026-08-23 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $9.992026-09-08 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-09-28 — best price $7.992026-10-03 — best price $7.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

51162026-05-28 — 34 pageviews2026-06-01 — 33 pageviews2026-06-05 — 36 pageviews2026-06-09 — 43 pageviews2026-06-13 — 29 pageviews2026-06-17 — 27 pageviews2026-06-21 — 31 pageviews2026-06-25 — 35 pageviews2026-06-29 — 34 pageviews2026-07-03 — 30 pageviews2026-07-07 — 37 pageviews2026-07-11 — 31 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-19 — 35 pageviews2026-07-23 — 30 pageviews2026-07-27 — 37 pageviews2026-07-31 — 27 pageviews2026-08-04 — 26 pageviews2026-08-08 — 37 pageviews2026-08-12 — 41 pageviews2026-08-16 — 32 pageviews2026-08-20 — 35 pageviews2026-08-24 — 35 pageviews2026-08-28 — 19 pageviews2026-09-01 — 45 pageviews2026-09-05 — 33 pageviews2026-09-09 — 37 pageviews2026-09-13 — 39 pageviews2026-09-17 — 28 pageviews2026-09-21 — 34 pageviews2026-09-25 — 28 pageviews2026-09-29 — 24 pageviews2026-10-03 — 27 pageviews2026-10-07 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
88.8%
earned "The Place of Nightmares"
41.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-07-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)1,67141%30
Steam (Steam)1,05913%29
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)71415%29
PS4 (PlayStation)20950%30
Switch (Nintendo)140%0

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

Player tags

3DActionHorrorPuzzleMysteryStealthAdventureEmotionalNarrationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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