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MetaPhysical cover art

MetaPhysical

Paper Promises Programming · 2023-12-09

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Supernatural phenomena are on the rise. In MetaPhysical you and up to 5 other friends can go on the hunt for eerie creatures to put an end to their sinister activities! Whether it's an ordinary ghost or a demon, your task is to identify the rumbling creature and then finish it off.

MetaPhysical is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 406 reviews).

0
playing now
80%
positive of 406 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (37 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.1k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 406 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2022-01-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420212026Week of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.492021-10-282026-07-282021-10-28 — best price $12.592022-02-03 — best price $11.992022-07-07 — best price $11.992023-01-05 — best price $11.992023-06-29 — best price $10.432023-10-23 — best price $9.592023-11-30 — best price $10.792023-12-09 — best price $14.992023-12-29 — best price $13.492024-01-13 — best price $13.492024-02-06 — best price $14.992024-02-27 — best price $13.492024-03-27 — best price $13.492024-04-04 — best price $13.492024-04-25 — best price $13.492024-05-18 — best price $11.992024-06-28 — best price $11.992024-08-13 — best price $13.492024-08-29 — best price $13.492024-09-09 — best price $13.492024-09-27 — best price $13.492024-10-05 — best price $13.492024-10-20 — best price $13.492024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-12-14 — best price $11.992025-01-10 — best price $13.492025-01-20 — best price $13.492025-02-12 — best price $13.492025-02-28 — best price $13.492025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-03-30 — best price $13.492025-05-21 — best price $13.492025-06-08 — best price $13.492025-08-10 — best price $13.492025-09-21 — best price $13.492025-12-18 — best price $10.492026-04-20 — best price $11.992026-07-28 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88%
earned "Early Access Hero"
20.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

23 supported languages: German, English, Russian, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-12-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3190%88

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

Player tags

DarkActionDemonsHorrorMysteryDetectiveMythologyAtmosphericFirst-PersonOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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