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I Expect You To Die

Schell Games · 2017-04-25

SteamPlayStation Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: May 21, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Apr 25, 2017 (SteamVR), Dec 13, 2016 (PlayStation VR), May 21, 2019 (Meta Quest 2), Feb 13, 2018 (Windows Mixed Reality), Nov 30, 2016 (Oculus Rift)

Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.

I Expect You To Die is a $24.99 Adventure game released in 2017, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (95% of 2778 reviews).

5
playing now
95%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
4.62★
PlayStation Store rating (2,011 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$24.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

I Expect You to Die is a virtual reality (VR) action video game developed and published by Schell Games and released in December 2016 for PlayStation 4, and April 2017 for Windows. In the game, the player assumes the role of a "James Bond-esque" spy and is tasked to complete levels. The game can be played using the Oculus Rift, Oculus Rift S, HTC Vive, PlayStation VR, and on the Meta Quest series of headsets.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,241 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 69k–167k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,778 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Humble Store (2019-03-04) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 22 of 42 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
737320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2812026-09-16 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 21 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 28 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
660Mar 2017Aug 2026Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2017 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2017 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2017 — avg 32 · peak 131Mar 2018 — avg 12 · peak 36Jun 2018 — avg 16 · peak 63Sep 2018 — avg 10 · peak 32Dec 2018 — avg 23 · peak 98Mar 2019 — avg 14 · peak 50Jun 2019 — avg 12 · peak 38Sep 2019 — avg 12 · peak 37Dec 2019 — avg 33 · peak 113Mar 2020 — avg 14 · peak 44Jun 2020 — avg 12 · peak 50Sep 2020 — avg 9 · peak 31Dec 2020 — avg 46 · peak 128Mar 2021 — avg 17 · peak 52Jun 2021 — avg 17 · peak 72Sep 2021 — avg 14 · peak 41Dec 2021 — avg 22 · peak 84Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 30Jun 2022 — avg 12 · peak 41Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 23Dec 2022 — avg 20 · peak 64Mar 2023 — avg 10 · peak 34Jun 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Sep 2023 — avg 13 · peak 60Dec 2023 — avg 19 · peak 60Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 36Jun 2024 — avg 9 · peak 28Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 35Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 27Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 22Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$9.992017-04-252026-08-132017-04-25 — best price $24.992018-01-26 — best price $24.992018-06-22 — best price $14.992018-10-07 — best price $24.992019-01-10 — best price $12.492019-06-20 — best price $17.492019-08-08 — best price $17.492019-10-28 — best price $12.492019-12-13 — best price $12.492020-01-14 — best price $12.492020-05-05 — best price $17.492020-08-28 — best price $17.492021-02-11 — best price $12.492021-07-23 — best price $14.992022-01-14 — best price $12.492022-07-08 — best price $14.992022-11-18 — best price $15.992022-12-09 — best price $18.362023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-11-17 — best price $15.992024-01-05 — best price $24.992024-03-04 — best price $15.992024-05-02 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-10-21 — best price $24.992024-12-12 — best price $24.992025-03-03 — best price $14.992025-05-28 — best price $24.992025-08-04 — best price $14.992025-09-25 — best price $24.992025-11-18 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-03 — best price $12.492026-04-30 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $12.492026-08-13 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

51142026-05-15 — 39 pageviews2026-05-19 — 15 pageviews2026-05-23 — 31 pageviews2026-05-27 — 38 pageviews2026-05-31 — 42 pageviews2026-06-04 — 28 pageviews2026-06-08 — 28 pageviews2026-06-12 — 23 pageviews2026-06-16 — 23 pageviews2026-06-20 — 31 pageviews2026-06-24 — 32 pageviews2026-06-28 — 34 pageviews2026-07-02 — 27 pageviews2026-07-06 — 23 pageviews2026-07-10 — 34 pageviews2026-07-14 — 34 pageviews2026-07-18 — 26 pageviews2026-07-22 — 40 pageviews2026-07-26 — 28 pageviews2026-07-30 — 29 pageviews2026-08-03 — 30 pageviews2026-08-07 — 27 pageviews2026-08-11 — 14 pageviews2026-08-15 — 28 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 30 pageviews2026-08-27 — 29 pageviews2026-08-31 — 29 pageviews2026-09-04 — 28 pageviews2026-09-08 — 25 pageviews2026-09-12 — 27 pageviews2026-09-16 — 36 pageviews2026-09-20 — 30 pageviews2026-09-24 — 16 pageviews2026-09-28 — 23 pageviews2026-10-02 — 26 pageviews2026-10-06 — 29 pageviews2026-10-10 — 23 pageviews2026-10-12 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
92.2%
earned "Guns, Fire, and Fake Plants. Welcome to the Life of a Spy"
40.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,0705%11
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)4,25110%11
Windows (Xbox)2326%11

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

VRFunnyRetroActionComedyPuzzleCold WarStrategyStylizedAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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