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Hypnospace Outlaw

Tendershoot · No More Robots · 2019-03-12

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Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Mar 12, 2019 (Mac), Aug 27, 2020 (Xbox One), Mar 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 12, 2019 (Linux), Aug 27, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 27, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Hypnospace Outlaw is a Simulation game released in 2019 for $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive reviews (97% of 5,555 reviews).

9
playing now
97%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
4.65★
PlayStation Store rating (153 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Hypnospace Outlaw is a 2019 simulation video game developed by Tendershoot and published by No More Robots. Set in an alternate history 1999, the game takes place inside a parody of the early Internet and its culture that users visit in their sleep called Hypnospace. The player assumes the role of an "Enforcer" for the fictional company Merchantsoft—creator of Hypnospace—and seeks to police illegal content, copyright violations, viruses, and cyberbullying by users on the service. In the process, the player engages in detective work and puzzle-solving. Hypnospace Outlaw was released for Windows, macOS, and Linux in March 2019 and for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in August 2020.

Trailer

Hypnospace Outlaw trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 420 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~53/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 139k–333k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,555 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
Steam$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2024-06-27) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 48 of 99 observed days · $0.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29629620192026Week of 2019-03-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5522026-09-15 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 46 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 36 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 39 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 31 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 41 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 29 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 29 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 33 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1085Mar 2019Aug 2026Mar 2019 — avg 108 · peak 297Jun 2019 — avg 12 · peak 55Sep 2019 — avg 5 · peak 17Dec 2019 — avg 15 · peak 59Mar 2020 — avg 13 · peak 55Jun 2020 — avg 18 · peak 56Sep 2020 — avg 22 · peak 90Dec 2020 — avg 14 · peak 56Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 25Jun 2021 — avg 17 · peak 51Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Dec 2021 — avg 16 · peak 55Mar 2022 — avg 9 · peak 54Jun 2022 — avg 19 · peak 66Sep 2022 — avg 10 · peak 29Dec 2022 — avg 19 · peak 64Mar 2023 — avg 16 · peak 48Jun 2023 — avg 48 · peak 172Sep 2023 — avg 13 · peak 39Dec 2023 — avg 20 · peak 75Mar 2024 — avg 28 · peak 115Jun 2024 — avg 21 · peak 62Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 32Dec 2024 — avg 20 · peak 63Mar 2025 — avg 23 · peak 66Jun 2025 — avg 22 · peak 59Sep 2025 — avg 22 · peak 66Dec 2025 — avg 28 · peak 110Mar 2026 — avg 21 · peak 54Jun 2026 — avg 14 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.792019-03-122026-10-142019-03-12 — best price $17.992019-07-19 — best price $15.992019-11-19 — best price $15.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-03-18 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-05-25 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $12.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-04-14 — best price $10.992022-07-04 — best price $12.992022-11-11 — best price $8.992023-01-31 — best price $19.992023-05-29 — best price $19.992023-08-24 — best price $19.992023-12-13 — best price $5.992024-02-27 — best price $19.992024-05-08 — best price $4.992024-07-09 — best price $7.992024-10-16 — best price $4.792024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-02-28 — best price $5.992025-05-11 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-25 — best price $4.792026-03-07 — best price $19.992026-05-01 — best price $4.992026-08-14 — best price $4.992026-09-01 — best price $19.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $4.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

204432026-05-30 — 61 pageviews2026-06-03 — 90 pageviews2026-06-07 — 82 pageviews2026-06-11 — 70 pageviews2026-06-15 — 89 pageviews2026-06-19 — 73 pageviews2026-06-23 — 73 pageviews2026-06-27 — 89 pageviews2026-07-01 — 96 pageviews2026-07-05 — 100 pageviews2026-07-09 — 91 pageviews2026-07-13 — 84 pageviews2026-07-17 — 76 pageviews2026-07-21 — 79 pageviews2026-07-25 — 129 pageviews2026-07-29 — 118 pageviews2026-08-02 — 91 pageviews2026-08-06 — 106 pageviews2026-08-10 — 106 pageviews2026-08-14 — 68 pageviews2026-08-18 — 82 pageviews2026-08-22 — 87 pageviews2026-08-26 — 80 pageviews2026-08-30 — 101 pageviews2026-09-03 — 90 pageviews2026-09-07 — 65 pageviews2026-09-11 — 70 pageviews2026-09-15 — 44 pageviews2026-09-19 — 76 pageviews2026-09-23 — 94 pageviews2026-09-27 — 97 pageviews2026-10-01 — 105 pageviews2026-10-05 — 103 pageviews2026-10-08 — 88 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
64.5%
earned "Gooped"
16.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-03-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,0978%14
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)4,22115%14
PS4 (PlayStation)25933%15
PS4 (PlayStation)14126%15
Switch (Nintendo)830%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyIndieRetro1990'sPuzzleSurrealDetectiveSimulationStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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