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Metel - Horror Escape

Linked Squad · 2020-08-31

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 23, 2024 (Android), Jul 14, 2024 (iOS), Sep 01, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Metel - Horror Escape is a first-person 3D game in the quest, horror genre. Welcome to the home of an insane maniac hungry for new blood and suffering! You are a victim in his hands. Be careful trying to find a way out. The maniac should not notice your escape attempt.

Metel - Horror Escape is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access game released in 2020, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 2470 reviews).

9
playing now
94%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (52 downloads)
5h
to beat · completionist 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 242 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 49k–111k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,470 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2022-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25925920202026Week of 2020-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1602026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
390Oct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 15Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 40Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 16 · peak 121Dec 2023 — avg 14 · peak 62Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Jun 2024 — avg 10 · peak 67Aug 2024 — avg 16 · peak 44Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2025 — avg 19 · peak 45Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Aug 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.392020-09-012024-07-112020-09-01 — best price $8.992020-09-07 — best price $9.992020-10-05 — best price $4.992021-05-31 — best price $3.992021-06-07 — best price $4.992021-08-09 — best price $3.492021-08-16 — best price $4.992021-09-13 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-02-03 — best price $1.992022-12-22 — best price $0.392023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-06-22 — best price $2.992023-12-22 — best price $0.592024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $0.592024-07-11 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DDarkIndieActionHorrorPuzzleSurvivalOld SchoolStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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