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Impostor Factory cover art

Impostor Factory

Freebird Games · 2021-09-30

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 30, 2021 (Mac), Sep 30, 2021 (Linux), Sep 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A bonkers time-loop tragicomedy murder mystery thriller featuring multiple casualties and a suspicious cat, from the creator of To the Moon & Finding Paradise.

5
playing now
96%
positive of 13k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
IGDB user rating (37 ratings)
3.8h
to beat · rushed 3.5h · completionist 3.7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Impostor Factory is a 2021 adventure video game developed and published by Freebird Games. Like A Bird Story, the game was a follow-up and prequel of To the Moon and Finding Paradise. The story revolves around the new protagonist Quincy Reynard, who ends up in a murder case inside a mansion but suddenly finds himself experiencing double murders and mysterious time loops. The game released on September 30, 2021, for Linux, macOS, and Windows to positive reviews.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 637 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~80/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,021 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 257k–578k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,840 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.9k3.9k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3,881 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,246 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1722026-08-06 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.992021-09-302026-08-122021-09-30 — best price $8.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $7.992022-02-14 — best price $7.492022-05-31 — best price $9.992022-07-12 — best price $9.992022-11-18 — best price $9.992023-02-17 — best price $9.992023-05-08 — best price $6.992023-07-04 — best price $9.992023-08-12 — best price $4.992023-10-26 — best price $4.992023-12-18 — best price $4.992024-01-29 — best price $8.892024-02-22 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $4.492024-04-12 — best price $9.992024-05-16 — best price $9.992024-06-06 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-07-25 — best price $8.892024-08-02 — best price $7.342024-09-19 — best price $8.892024-10-21 — best price $8.892024-11-14 — best price $7.342024-12-04 — best price $7.342025-02-03 — best price $4.492025-03-08 — best price $9.992025-04-10 — best price $4.492025-04-30 — best price $9.992025-05-29 — best price $7.342025-08-13 — best price $4.492025-10-09 — best price $4.492025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-07-17 — best price $3.992026-08-12 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

139192026-05-30 — 53 pageviews2026-06-02 — 31 pageviews2026-06-05 — 47 pageviews2026-06-08 — 46 pageviews2026-06-11 — 39 pageviews2026-06-14 — 30 pageviews2026-06-17 — 39 pageviews2026-06-20 — 38 pageviews2026-06-23 — 33 pageviews2026-06-26 — 53 pageviews2026-06-29 — 51 pageviews2026-07-02 — 66 pageviews2026-07-05 — 50 pageviews2026-07-08 — 38 pageviews2026-07-11 — 37 pageviews2026-07-14 — 42 pageviews2026-07-17 — 38 pageviews2026-07-20 — 48 pageviews2026-07-23 — 42 pageviews2026-07-26 — 44 pageviews2026-07-29 — 34 pageviews2026-08-01 — 33 pageviews2026-08-04 — 34 pageviews2026-08-07 — 33 pageviews2026-08-10 — 40 pageviews2026-08-13 — 42 pageviews2026-08-16 — 47 pageviews2026-08-19 — 36 pageviews2026-08-22 — 135 pageviews2026-08-25 — 33 pageviews2026-08-27 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
68.4%
earned "End the World"
68.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,362100%1

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

Player tags

2DRPGComedyMysteryTop-DownAdventureEmotionalNarrativeStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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