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House of Rules

Chii the Cat · 2021-12-17

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text, Auditory

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

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House of Rules is a 2021 Adventure and Indie game priced at $7.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 172 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
90%
positive of 172 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 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 68% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 31% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520212026Week of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 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).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
82%
earned "The Newbie"
45.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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