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Hostil cover art

Hostil

Eteru Studio · 2017-12-01

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 01, 2017 (Linux), Dec 01, 2017 (Mac), Dec 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hostil is a short emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward.

Hostil is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 264 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 264 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Hostil is an emotional interactive tale about a young astronaut who has crashed on a extremely dangerous planet. No one will come to rescue him and his only hope is to move forward. - 40 - 60 minutes of gameplay. - 12 captivating hand-drawn scenes. - 250 paragraphs of mysterious story. - Narrative, visual and musical puzzles. - An immersive sound environment. - Original soundtrack. - Suitable for all ages. - 12 secrets and achievements.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.6k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 264 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2023-01-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172025Week of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.592017-12-022025-07-102017-12-02 — best price $2.992018-03-19 — best price $2.392018-05-28 — best price $2.992018-08-13 — best price $2.092018-11-01 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $2.092019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-03-22 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $2.992019-09-02 — best price $1.792019-11-01 — best price $2.992019-12-20 — best price $1.492020-01-27 — best price $2.992020-04-20 — best price $2.092020-07-09 — best price $2.992020-08-31 — best price $1.492020-10-26 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $1.792021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $1.492021-11-01 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-10-31 — best price $2.992022-12-05 — best price $1.492023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-02-13 — best price $1.492023-03-27 — best price $2.992023-06-12 — best price $1.192023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-09-04 — best price $0.592024-03-11 — best price $2.992024-04-15 — best price $2.392024-06-03 — best price $2.992024-07-15 — best price $2.392024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-03-03 — best price $2.392025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
79.7%
earned "Read the story within the story."
72.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)30485%12

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

Player tags

IndieShortCasualLinearPuzzleSci-fiAdventureFuturisticHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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