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Imaginary Friend Asylum cover art

Imaginary Friend Asylum

Nightmare Emporium · 2024-05-19

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A psychological horror game about being a child in an insane asylum. You're in a cruel world but your imaginary friends have your back. Here, you will uncover a dark conspiracy where you are to receive a terrible fate.

100%
positive of 69 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 69% of 12,828 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 69 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220242026Week of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DDarkActionHorrorMysteryAdventureCinematicEmotionalRealisticConspiracy

Census log

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