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Hide and Shriek

Funcom · 2017-10-19

Steam

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Scare or be scared in this FREE adrenaline-pumping multiplayer game full of hijinks and mischief! Set traps, cast spells, and scare the living hell out of your opponent to win!

14
playing now
82%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 114 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

All-time low: $3.59 at GamersGate (2017-07-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
868620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2402026-08-06 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.002016-10-192017-10-202016-10-19 — best price $3.992016-10-25 — best price $4.792016-11-01 — best price $5.992016-11-25 — best price $4.792016-11-29 — best price $5.992016-12-19 — best price $4.192016-12-22 — best price $4.192016-12-27 — best price $5.992017-01-02 — best price $4.192017-01-07 — best price $5.992017-01-12 — best price $4.192017-01-26 — best price $5.992017-01-28 — best price $4.192017-02-05 — best price $5.992017-02-07 — best price $5.992017-03-14 — best price $4.012017-03-22 — best price $5.992017-04-06 — best price $3.812017-04-10 — best price $5.992017-05-15 — best price $4.012017-05-23 — best price $5.992017-06-13 — best price $4.012017-06-17 — best price $5.992017-06-22 — best price $4.012017-07-05 — best price $5.992017-07-06 — best price $5.992017-07-13 — best price $3.592017-07-17 — best price $5.992017-08-14 — best price $4.012017-08-22 — best price $5.992017-09-07 — best price $4.012017-09-21 — best price $5.992017-10-20 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
39.5%
earned "Winner!"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,3022%20

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

Player tags

Co-opFunnyMemesActionHorrorMysteryStrategyThrillerAtmosphericCompetitive

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.