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I Want to Believe cover art

I Want to Believe

Fang's Lab · 2025-09-15

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 15, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

I Want to Believe is a first-person action game with elements of detective work, simulation, stealth, freedom of action, and driving.

85%
positive of 61 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 29,056 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 61 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.94 at Steam (2026-09-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920252026Week of 2025-09-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-14: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$5.942025-09-152026-10-082025-09-15 — best price $14.442025-09-29 — best price $16.992025-10-29 — best price $13.592025-11-13 — best price $16.992025-12-18 — best price $11.892026-01-05 — best price $16.992026-02-01 — best price $11.042026-02-15 — best price $16.992026-03-17 — best price $11.042026-03-19 — best price $11.892026-03-26 — best price $16.992026-04-18 — best price $10.192026-05-02 — best price $16.992026-06-01 — best price $8.492026-06-15 — best price $16.992026-06-25 — best price $9.342026-07-09 — best price $16.992026-07-15 — best price $6.792026-07-29 — best price $16.992026-09-01 — best price $5.942026-09-08 — best price $16.992026-10-01 — best price $6.792026-10-08 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-09-15 (Steam store data)

Census log

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

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