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I'm on Observation Duty 7

Notovia · 2024-10-22

SteamPlayStation Store

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 15, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 22, 2024 (Linux), Oct 22, 2024 (Mac), Oct 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 15, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Aug 15, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

As an employee of a mysterious organization your job is to monitor live surveillance camera footage and spot anomalies using your sharp eyes and good memory. Can you survive the entire night shift or will you succumb into paranoia?

94%
positive of 448 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.24★
PlayStation Store rating (100 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (59 reviews).
  • · Top 31% of 23,223 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.0k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 448 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.59 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820242026Week of 2024-10-22: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-10-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-29: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-05: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-12: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-26: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-12-03: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-31: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$9.592024-10-222026-07-092024-10-22 — best price $11.992025-06-26 — best price $9.592025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $9.592025-10-06 — best price $11.992025-10-27 — best price $9.592025-11-03 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $9.592026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-02-02 — best price $9.592026-02-09 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $9.592026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-04-09 — best price $9.592026-04-16 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $9.592026-07-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
44.3%
earned "A Great Soft Jelly Thing"
25%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

23 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Spanish - Latin America, Dutch, Indonesian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)41710%32
PS5 (PlayStation)7428%33
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2326%32
PS4 (PlayStation)978%33

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

Player tags

HorrorPuzzleMysteryCinematicRealisticControllerStory RichAtmosphericLovecraftianSingleplayer

Census log

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

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