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咒 Incantation cover art

咒 Incantation

SOFTSTAR ENTERTAINMENT · 2024-11-17

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 08, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Apr 08, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 08, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

A mother, searching for her lost daughter, stumbles into a strange cult village. "Incantation" is a first-person horror game. It reveals the chilling story behind the "Chen Family Village". What are the consequences of crossing dark boundaries?

74%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.92★
PlayStation Store rating (238 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

A mother, searching for her lost daughter, stumbles into a strange cult village. "Incantation" is a first-person horror game. It reveals the chilling story behind the cult village "Chen Family Village". What are the consequences of crossing dark boundaries?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (507 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 16,070 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,195 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.34 at Steam (2026-04-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
37337320242026Week of 2024-11-18: 373 positiveWeek of 2024-11-18: 134 negativeWeek of 2024-11-25: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-02: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-16: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-06: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-07: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$9.342024-11-182026-08-182024-11-18 — best price $15.292024-12-01 — best price $16.992024-12-19 — best price $14.442025-01-02 — best price $16.992025-01-24 — best price $13.592025-02-03 — best price $16.992025-03-13 — best price $13.592025-03-20 — best price $16.992025-04-30 — best price $10.192025-05-11 — best price $16.992025-06-27 — best price $10.192025-07-10 — best price $16.992025-07-28 — best price $10.192025-08-11 — best price $16.992025-09-15 — best price $11.042025-09-18 — best price $16.992025-09-29 — best price $10.192025-10-06 — best price $16.992025-10-27 — best price $10.192025-11-03 — best price $16.992025-12-18 — best price $10.192026-01-05 — best price $16.992026-02-13 — best price $10.192026-02-27 — best price $16.992026-03-19 — best price $10.192026-03-26 — best price $16.992026-04-14 — best price $9.342026-04-28 — best price $16.992026-05-28 — best price $9.342026-06-04 — best price $16.992026-06-25 — best price $9.342026-07-09 — best price $16.992026-08-11 — best price $9.342026-08-18 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
73.2%
earned "I Must Find Mia..."
16.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Player tags

3DGoreActionHorrorMysteryViolentThrillerAdventureStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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