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Heavy Rain cover art

Heavy Rain

Quantic Dream · 2020-06-18

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 01, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Feb 24, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Jun 18, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.

258
playing now
86%
positive of 31k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
168
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (1118 ratings)
11h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 19h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

258 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Heavy Rain is a 2010 action-adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game features four protagonists involved with the mystery of the Origami Killer, a serial killer who uses extended periods of rainfall to drown his victims. The player interacts with the game by performing actions highlighted on screen related to motions on the controller, and in some cases, performing a series of quick time events. The player's choices and actions during the game affect the narrative.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 258 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,417 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~802/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 619k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 30,972 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-95%
GameBillet$1.65-92%
Gamesplanet$1.82-91%
GOG$1.99-90%
Humble Store$1.99-90%
WinGameStore$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2026-08-10) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 165 of 226 observed days · $0.66 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,379 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 659 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,298 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 756 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 840 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 138 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k1152026-08-06 22:00 — 196 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 115 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 247 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 207 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 129 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 278 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 215 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 158 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 337 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 212 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 122 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 254 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 258 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 318 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 782 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 615 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 579 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,252 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 915 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 510 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 738 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 634 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 328 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 558 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 564 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 264 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 352 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 423 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 258 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.992016-10-182026-08-302016-10-18 — best price $29.992020-11-08 — best price $19.992020-12-19 — best price $19.992021-02-10 — best price $16.882021-03-29 — best price $19.992021-05-19 — best price $19.992021-11-11 — best price $19.992022-01-06 — best price $16.992022-04-08 — best price $19.992022-06-01 — best price $9.972022-10-03 — best price $19.992022-12-15 — best price $8.592023-03-06 — best price $8.592023-05-17 — best price $7.992023-07-14 — best price $9.982023-11-25 — best price $6.592024-02-12 — best price $16.482024-04-18 — best price $7.992024-06-28 — best price $3.992024-09-02 — best price $19.992024-11-20 — best price $19.992024-12-31 — best price $3.412025-02-17 — best price $16.962025-04-07 — best price $3.372025-06-02 — best price $19.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $3.992025-11-20 — best price $3.362026-01-16 — best price $1.572026-03-06 — best price $19.992026-04-25 — best price $16.892026-06-13 — best price $17.212026-07-31 — best price $1.562026-08-30 — best price $1.65
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k5972026-05-31 — 761 pageviews2026-06-03 — 863 pageviews2026-06-06 — 741 pageviews2026-06-09 — 706 pageviews2026-06-12 — 616 pageviews2026-06-15 — 817 pageviews2026-06-18 — 714 pageviews2026-06-21 — 683 pageviews2026-06-24 — 597 pageviews2026-06-27 — 948 pageviews2026-06-30 — 1,168 pageviews2026-07-03 — 783 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1,036 pageviews2026-07-09 — 861 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,058 pageviews2026-07-15 — 797 pageviews2026-07-18 — 910 pageviews2026-07-21 — 660 pageviews2026-07-24 — 649 pageviews2026-07-27 — 671 pageviews2026-07-30 — 613 pageviews2026-08-02 — 632 pageviews2026-08-05 — 607 pageviews2026-08-08 — 632 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1,208 pageviews2026-08-14 — 885 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,015 pageviews2026-08-20 — 749 pageviews2026-08-23 — 727 pageviews2026-08-26 — 747 pageviews2026-08-28 — 725 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

168132026-08-29 20:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 87 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 98 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 168 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
52.6%
earned "Interactive Drama"
19.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)142,80325%57
PS4 (PlayStation)97,74414%57
Steam (Steam)12,08111%56

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

MysteryThrillerAdventureCinematicDetectiveEmotionalNarrationStory RichSingleplayerInvestigation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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