The Game Census
Halt cover art

Halt

Nightmare Ink Publishing · 2022-11-19

Steam

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Halt is a pixelated top-down horror where players explore a nightmare world while investigating mysterious disappearances. Limited visibility and intense atmosphere make every moment of the game thrilling.

69%
positive of 75 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 50 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 163% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 67% of 13,170 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 75 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820222026Week of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

40 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek, Danish

Player tags

LogicActionDemonsHorrorSandboxStealthStrategySurvivalTacticalAdventure

Census log

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

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