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MADiSON cover art

MADiSON

BLOODIOUS GAMES · 2022-07-07

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ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

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.

9
playing now
87%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 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 20% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 69k–154k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,429 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 12 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

2722026-08-11 19:00 — 24 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 22 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 21 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 17 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 18 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$20.992022-07-082026-08-302022-07-08 — best price $34.992022-11-01 — best price $34.992023-01-05 — best price $34.992023-03-16 — best price $27.992023-03-23 — best price $34.992023-07-13 — best price $34.992023-08-22 — best price $34.992023-10-26 — best price $22.742023-11-21 — best price $24.492023-12-22 — best price $23.442024-01-19 — best price $26.242024-02-22 — best price $26.242024-03-14 — best price $22.742024-04-30 — best price $22.742024-05-08 — best price $34.992024-06-27 — best price $22.742024-10-16 — best price $26.242024-11-04 — best price $34.992024-12-04 — best price $34.992025-01-02 — best price $34.992025-03-20 — best price $34.992025-07-10 — best price $34.992025-10-06 — best price $34.992025-11-03 — best price $34.992026-01-05 — best price $34.992026-03-26 — best price $34.992026-07-09 — best price $34.992026-08-30 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

128452026-05-31 — 77 pageviews2026-06-03 — 128 pageviews2026-06-06 — 99 pageviews2026-06-09 — 61 pageviews2026-06-12 — 86 pageviews2026-06-15 — 60 pageviews2026-06-18 — 69 pageviews2026-06-21 — 74 pageviews2026-06-24 — 48 pageviews2026-06-27 — 75 pageviews2026-06-30 — 45 pageviews2026-07-03 — 69 pageviews2026-07-06 — 107 pageviews2026-07-09 — 82 pageviews2026-07-12 — 100 pageviews2026-07-15 — 80 pageviews2026-07-18 — 82 pageviews2026-07-21 — 97 pageviews2026-07-24 — 68 pageviews2026-07-27 — 85 pageviews2026-07-30 — 87 pageviews2026-08-02 — 77 pageviews2026-08-05 — 63 pageviews2026-08-08 — 53 pageviews2026-08-11 — 50 pageviews2026-08-14 — 87 pageviews2026-08-17 — 74 pageviews2026-08-20 — 99 pageviews2026-08-23 — 91 pageviews2026-08-26 — 57 pageviews2026-08-28 — 68 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…

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.

Player tags

DarkGoreIndieActionHorrorPuzzleViolentSurvivalAdventureSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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