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I Expect You To Die

Schell Games · 2017-04-25

SteamPlayStation Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
95%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 1 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 18% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 69k–166k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,774 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 27 of 51 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

1012026-08-06 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

55122026-05-15 — 39 pageviews2026-05-18 — 22 pageviews2026-05-21 — 48 pageviews2026-05-24 — 28 pageviews2026-05-27 — 38 pageviews2026-05-30 — 37 pageviews2026-06-02 — 51 pageviews2026-06-05 — 35 pageviews2026-06-08 — 28 pageviews2026-06-11 — 31 pageviews2026-06-14 — 39 pageviews2026-06-17 — 27 pageviews2026-06-20 — 31 pageviews2026-06-23 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 26 pageviews2026-06-29 — 32 pageviews2026-07-02 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 20 pageviews2026-07-11 — 12 pageviews2026-07-14 — 34 pageviews2026-07-17 — 50 pageviews2026-07-20 — 22 pageviews2026-07-23 — 28 pageviews2026-07-26 — 28 pageviews2026-07-29 — 19 pageviews2026-08-01 — 30 pageviews2026-08-04 — 24 pageviews2026-08-07 — 27 pageviews2026-08-10 — 25 pageviews2026-08-13 — 30 pageviews2026-08-16 — 25 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 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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