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Ib

kouri · PLAYISM · 2022-04-11

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 14, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Mar 09, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 14, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Apr 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.

11
playing now
99%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

A young girl named Ib visits an art gallery with her parents. While perusing the various works of art, Ib suddenly realizes that she is alone. As she searches for someone – anyone – else, the museum begins to change...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 546 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~68/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 106k–238k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,290 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.09 at Steam (2023-10-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
55455420222026Week of 2022-04-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3052026-08-07 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 30 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 18 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$9.092022-04-112026-07-092022-04-11 — best price $12.992023-03-09 — best price $10.392023-03-23 — best price $12.992023-07-13 — best price $10.392023-07-27 — best price $12.992023-10-18 — best price $9.092023-11-02 — best price $12.992024-02-12 — best price $9.092024-02-19 — best price $12.992024-04-25 — best price $9.092024-05-06 — best price $12.992024-07-29 — best price $9.092024-08-05 — best price $12.992024-12-19 — best price $9.092025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-02-27 — best price $9.092025-03-13 — best price $12.992025-06-26 — best price $9.092025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-12-04 — best price $9.092026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-02-26 — best price $9.092026-03-12 — best price $12.992026-05-10 — best price $9.092026-05-24 — best price $12.992026-06-25 — best price $9.092026-07-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
12.6%
earned "True Guertena Exhibition Completed"
12.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Thai, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

2DRPGCuteIndieHorrorPuzzleSurrealStory RichExplorationChoices Matter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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