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MADiSON

BLOODIOUS GAMES · 2022-07-07

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ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 08, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 08, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jul 08, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jul 08, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 08, 2022 (Xbox One), Jul 29, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

MADiSON is a 2022 Action, Adventure, Indie and Simulation game priced at $34.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive (87% of 3441 reviews) sentiment.

12
playing now
87%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (2,774 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Madison is a first-person horror video game developed by the Argentine game development studio Bloodious Games, and published by British publisher Perpetual Games. It was first released on July 8, 2022, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. Perpetual Games had localized and published the game internationally on Nintendo Switch consoles on August 26, 2022. A VR version of MADiSON was ported to PSVR2 and PCVR platforms in May 2024.

Trailer

MADiSON trailer thumbnail

The Madison | Official Trailer | Paramount+

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 238 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (676 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 69k–155k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,441 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$34.99
Microsoft Store$35.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $20.99 at Steam (2024-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 5 of 55 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
58058020222026Week of 2022-07-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3752026-09-15 00:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 17 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 20 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 37 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 23 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
18411Jul 2022Aug 2026Jul 2022 — avg 184 · peak 384Sep 2022 — avg 51 · peak 123Nov 2022 — avg 39 · peak 256Jan 2023 — avg 32 · peak 90Mar 2023 — avg 19 · peak 51May 2023 — avg 16 · peak 39Jul 2023 — avg 22 · peak 56Sep 2023 — avg 14 · peak 42Nov 2023 — avg 23 · peak 123Jan 2024 — avg 19 · peak 58Mar 2024 — avg 18 · peak 51May 2024 — avg 16 · peak 45Jul 2024 — avg 19 · peak 56Sep 2024 — avg 14 · peak 37Nov 2024 — avg 19 · peak 129Jan 2025 — avg 15 · peak 43Mar 2025 — avg 14 · peak 43May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 31Jul 2025 — avg 16 · peak 44Sep 2025 — avg 12 · peak 35Nov 2025 — avg 24 · peak 148Jan 2026 — avg 18 · peak 57Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 48May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 34Jul 2026 — avg 17 · peak 58Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 34
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.99$17.992022-07-082026-10-142022-07-08 — best price $34.992022-12-22 — best price $27.992023-03-16 — best price $27.992023-06-30 — best price $26.242023-08-22 — best price $34.992023-11-02 — best price $34.992023-12-22 — best price $23.442024-01-27 — best price $34.992024-03-14 — best price $22.742024-05-03 — best price $29.742024-06-27 — best price $22.742024-10-28 — best price $20.992024-12-04 — best price $34.992025-03-13 — best price $24.492025-07-10 — best price $34.992025-10-27 — best price $20.992026-01-05 — best price $34.992026-06-25 — best price $22.742026-08-30 — best price $34.992026-09-02 — best price $34.992026-09-05 — best price $17.992026-09-08 — best price $34.992026-09-11 — best price $34.992026-09-14 — best price $34.992026-09-17 — best price $34.992026-09-20 — best price $34.992026-09-23 — best price $34.992026-09-26 — best price $34.992026-09-29 — best price $34.992026-10-02 — best price $34.992026-10-05 — best price $34.992026-10-08 — best price $34.992026-10-11 — best price $34.992026-10-14 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

129452026-05-31 — 77 pageviews2026-06-04 — 101 pageviews2026-06-08 — 72 pageviews2026-06-12 — 86 pageviews2026-06-16 — 55 pageviews2026-06-20 — 78 pageviews2026-06-24 — 48 pageviews2026-06-28 — 76 pageviews2026-07-02 — 57 pageviews2026-07-06 — 107 pageviews2026-07-10 — 83 pageviews2026-07-14 — 75 pageviews2026-07-18 — 82 pageviews2026-07-22 — 65 pageviews2026-07-26 — 77 pageviews2026-07-30 — 87 pageviews2026-08-03 — 71 pageviews2026-08-07 — 53 pageviews2026-08-11 — 50 pageviews2026-08-15 — 97 pageviews2026-08-19 — 85 pageviews2026-08-23 — 91 pageviews2026-08-27 — 84 pageviews2026-08-31 — 92 pageviews2026-09-04 — 75 pageviews2026-09-08 — 71 pageviews2026-09-12 — 72 pageviews2026-09-16 — 84 pageviews2026-09-20 — 111 pageviews2026-09-24 — 83 pageviews2026-09-28 — 105 pageviews2026-10-02 — 109 pageviews2026-10-06 — 89 pageviews2026-10-09 — 98 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
83.3%
earned "Blue Knees?"
31.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-07-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)3,62314%31
Steam (Steam)1,5940%32
PS4 (PlayStation)1,02410%31
Xbox Series (Xbox)5579%30
Switch (Nintendo)300%0

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

DarkGoreIndieActionHorrorPuzzleViolentSurvivalAdventureSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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