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Maid of Sker cover art

Maid of Sker

Wales Interactive · 2020-07-28

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 12, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jul 28, 2020 (Xbox One), Jul 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jul 28, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 26, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

Maid of Sker is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $24.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (79% of 2449 reviews).

3
playing now
79%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Maid of Sker is a 2020 first-person survival horror game developed and published by Wales Interactive. The game is set in 1898 in the Sker Hotel, on an imaginary island called Sker Island. The protagonist, Thomas Evans, is invited by his lover, Elisabeth Williams, to uncover the mysteries of the hotel after she notices her family's strange behavior. While exploring the hotel, Thomas learns cult followers called "The Quiet Ones" control the place. He finds notes and gramophone records scattered around the hotel that reveal the history of Elisabeth's family.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 96 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 49k–110k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,449 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.56 at GamersGate (2025-12-25) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 51 of 91 observed days · $21.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13613620202026Week of 2020-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-11 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$0.002020-07-212026-08-302020-07-21 — best price $22.492020-12-22 — best price $19.742021-04-07 — best price $24.992021-07-31 — best price $12.492021-11-29 — best price $24.992022-01-31 — best price $24.992022-04-29 — best price $8.742022-07-25 — best price $11.242022-10-25 — best price $8.492022-12-02 — best price $24.992023-02-07 — best price $24.992023-04-04 — best price $24.992023-05-23 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-09-05 — best price $24.992023-10-30 — best price $11.242023-12-13 — best price $11.242024-02-05 — best price $24.992024-03-20 — best price $8.492024-05-08 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-08-15 — best price $11.242024-10-08 — best price $24.992024-11-18 — best price $11.242025-01-16 — best price $24.992025-03-01 — best price $24.992025-04-14 — best price $24.992025-05-29 — best price $8.492025-07-17 — best price $6.242025-09-11 — best price $24.992025-10-20 — best price $6.242025-11-20 — best price $7.492026-01-14 — best price $24.992026-02-21 — best price $24.992026-03-27 — best price $4.792026-05-04 — best price $4.752026-06-18 — best price $8.492026-08-06 — best price $8.492026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
43.8%
earned "Choking Hazard"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Turkish, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)4,2372%30
Steam (Steam)2,2624%30
PS4 (PlayStation)7857%24
PS5 (PlayStation)6437%24
Switch (Nintendo)60%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

GoreIndieActionHorrorMysteryStealthViolentAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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