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HOST

Garrett Fuselier · 2018-07-01

Steam

AdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Jul 02, 2018 (SteamVR)

When your spacecraft crashes on an unknown planet, you navigate your way through its dark and puzzling corridors. Using only your hands and your wits, will you discover your parasitic power before it's too late?

HOST is a $9.99 Adventure, Indie and Early Access game released in 2018, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (89% of 27 reviews).

0
playing now
89%
positive of 27 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 70% of 28,714 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2018-07-02) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120182023Week of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$5.992018-07-022026-03-262018-07-02 — best price $5.992018-09-17 — best price $9.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $7.492019-02-04 — best price $7.992019-04-08 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $6.992019-08-05 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $5.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-13 — best price $7.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $7.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $8.492023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-08 — best price $7.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-05-29 — best price $7.492023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $6.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-07-29 — best price $7.992024-11-01 — best price $9.992024-12-20 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudFamily Sharing

28 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Player tags

3DVR6DOFLinearPuzzleSci-fiSurrealColorfulExplorationPsychedelic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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