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LOOPERS cover art

LOOPERS

VisualArts/Key · VisualArts · 2023-06-26

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Jul 20, 2021 (Android), Feb 16, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 27, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 02, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 20, 2021 (iOS)

Tyler is a high schooler on a mission. He's going to use every minute of summer vacation to go on as many GPS-assisted scavenger hunts as possible. After running into some old friends during one of these hunts, strange things start happening: The day resets and today plays out exactly like yesterday

87%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.48★
PlayStation Store rating (42 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)
Loopers is a Japanese science fiction psychological horror visual novel developed by Key, a brand of Visual Arts. It was released on May 28, 2021, for Windows and is Key's 15th game overall. An English version was released on Steam in June 2023. It was ported to iOS and Android devices, as well as the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The story follows high school student Tyler and his friends who get caught in a time loop, continuously repeating the same day seemingly without end. Before long, they meet others caught in the same predicament who call themselves "loopers", and the two groups join forces to try to break out of the loop.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 82 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 16,321 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,088 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2026-08-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15815820232026Week of 2023-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$6.992023-06-272026-09-072023-06-27 — best price $17.992023-07-03 — best price $19.992023-08-07 — best price $15.992023-08-14 — best price $19.992023-09-25 — best price $15.992023-10-02 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $15.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $13.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-06 — best price $14.992024-05-13 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $11.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $11.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-03 — best price $9.992025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-20 — best price $7.992026-07-27 — best price $19.992026-08-31 — best price $6.992026-09-07 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

75212026-06-16 — 35 pageviews2026-06-19 — 21 pageviews2026-06-22 — 52 pageviews2026-06-25 — 52 pageviews2026-06-28 — 49 pageviews2026-07-01 — 31 pageviews2026-07-04 — 43 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-10 — 30 pageviews2026-07-13 — 27 pageviews2026-07-16 — 43 pageviews2026-07-19 — 24 pageviews2026-07-22 — 42 pageviews2026-07-25 — 47 pageviews2026-07-28 — 31 pageviews2026-07-31 — 31 pageviews2026-08-03 — 40 pageviews2026-08-06 — 46 pageviews2026-08-09 — 39 pageviews2026-08-12 — 39 pageviews2026-08-15 — 43 pageviews2026-08-18 — 34 pageviews2026-08-21 — 40 pageviews2026-08-24 — 43 pageviews2026-08-27 — 30 pageviews2026-08-30 — 37 pageviews2026-09-02 — 33 pageviews2026-09-05 — 38 pageviews2026-09-08 — 33 pageviews2026-09-11 — 31 pageviews2026-09-13 — 50 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
80%
earned "Prologue"
51.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)35096%21
Steam (Steam)33868%21
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

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

Player tags

AnimeDramaCasualComedyHorrorRomanceAdventureEmotionalDating SimSimulation

Census log

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

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