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H.I.A: Horror Investigation Agency cover art

H.I.A: Horror Investigation Agency

Kekdot · 2024-02-28

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Feb 29, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

H.I.A: Horror Investigation Agency is a fun multiplayer horror game in which you and co-players have to investigate exciting horror cases. Among finding victims and evidence of the horror event that has taken place, you will be faced with jumpscares and scary monsters along your investigation.

H.I.A: Horror Investigation Agency is a 2024 Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced as free-to-play, with a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 552 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

2
playing now
50%
positive of 552 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 161 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
525220232026Week of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
974Oct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 97 · peak 670Nov 2024 — avg 30 · peak 326Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 27Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 28Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 18Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 24Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 20Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 49Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 22Sep 2025 — avg 9 · peak 46Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 24Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 24Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 44Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 34Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 37May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 36Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 30Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DCo-opActionHorrorParkourThrillerAdventureExplorationMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

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

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