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I'm on Observation Duty 3 cover art

I'm on Observation Duty 3

Notovia · 2020-11-13

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 13, 2020 (SteamVR)

A thrilling psychological horror game. Your job is to look for anomalies in a haunted house. If you see anyhting suspicious (furniture moving, extra objects, intruders), take a photo and send a report. Includes both VR- (windows only) and non-VR (windows, mac, linux)-versions.

I'm on Observation Duty 3 is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 368 reviews).

1
playing now
76%
positive of 370 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.4k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 370 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.24 at Steam (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720202026Week of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$2.242020-11-132026-07-092020-11-13 — best price $2.542020-12-22 — best price $2.542021-02-11 — best price $2.542021-06-24 — best price $2.242021-10-28 — best price $2.542021-11-24 — best price $2.542021-12-23 — best price $2.542022-01-27 — best price $2.542022-06-23 — best price $2.392022-10-25 — best price $2.692022-12-22 — best price $2.692023-03-16 — best price $2.692023-04-06 — best price $2.692023-06-29 — best price $2.692023-10-26 — best price $2.692023-11-21 — best price $2.692023-12-04 — best price $2.692023-12-21 — best price $2.692024-03-14 — best price $2.692024-06-27 — best price $2.392024-10-28 — best price $2.392024-11-27 — best price $2.392024-12-20 — best price $2.392025-03-13 — best price $2.392025-06-26 — best price $2.392025-09-29 — best price $2.392025-10-27 — best price $2.392025-12-18 — best price $2.392026-03-19 — best price $2.392026-06-25 — best price $2.392026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
52%
earned "R.I.P."
12.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)68725%10

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

Player tags

VRHorrorPuzzleMysterySurvivalAdventureIlluminatiExplorationFirst-PersonLovecraftian

Census log

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

Recent updates

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