The Game Census
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House of Rules

Chii the Cat · 2021-12-17

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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0
playing now
90%
positive of 172 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 58% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.4k–7.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 172 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2024-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$2.392021-09-102026-07-092021-09-10 — best price $4.992021-12-17 — best price $6.392022-01-27 — best price $7.192022-02-21 — best price $6.392022-04-04 — best price $6.792022-05-16 — best price $6.792022-06-23 — best price $5.592022-08-29 — best price $6.392022-10-25 — best price $5.592022-11-22 — best price $6.392022-12-22 — best price $4.792023-03-21 — best price $4.792023-06-29 — best price $4.792023-10-26 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.192024-10-28 — best price $2.392024-11-27 — best price $3.192024-12-20 — best price $3.992025-03-16 — best price $3.192025-06-26 — best price $2.392025-10-01 — best price $3.992025-10-27 — best price $3.192025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $2.392026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Korean

Player tags

DarkHorrorPuzzleMysteryTop-DownAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerChoices Matter

Census log

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

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