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Ib

kouri · PLAYISM · 2022-04-11

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Ib is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $12.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (99% of 5315 reviews).

14
playing now
99%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3,713
twitch viewers (latest)
3713.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (35 downloads)
4.89★
PlayStation Store rating (416 ratings)
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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)

Trailer

Ib trailer thumbnail

Ib - Final Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 14 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 5% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 106k–239k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,315 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

2642026-09-15 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 26 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
26211Apr 2022Aug 2026Apr 2022 — avg 262 · peak 1,822Jun 2022 — avg 46 · peak 130Aug 2022 — avg 72 · peak 296Oct 2022 — avg 27 · peak 61Dec 2022 — avg 18 · peak 41Feb 2023 — avg 19 · peak 50Apr 2023 — avg 21 · peak 58Jun 2023 — avg 17 · peak 43Aug 2023 — avg 18 · peak 46Oct 2023 — avg 37 · peak 178Dec 2023 — avg 18 · peak 42Feb 2024 — avg 26 · peak 87Apr 2024 — avg 16 · peak 59Jun 2024 — avg 16 · peak 39Aug 2024 — avg 23 · peak 81Oct 2024 — avg 13 · peak 30Dec 2024 — avg 20 · peak 62Feb 2025 — avg 19 · peak 76Apr 2025 — avg 35 · peak 144Jun 2025 — avg 19 · peak 69Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 37Oct 2025 — avg 13 · peak 34Dec 2025 — avg 25 · peak 65Feb 2026 — avg 16 · peak 65Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 36Jun 2026 — avg 16 · peak 57Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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