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No Return

BlameTech · 2024-08-02

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 03, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

No Return is a first-person psychological horror game set in modern-day China. With a focus on family tragedy, the story unfolds as our protagonist is mysteriously prevented from returning home by an unseen force. Can he navigate a nightmarish maze of hallways and uncover the disturbing truth?

No Return is a 2024 Adventure, Indie and RPG game priced at $7.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (47% of 435 reviews).

4
playing now
47%
positive of 435 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 261 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1350% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 28,778 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.7k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 435 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2024-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
595920242026Week of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2402026-09-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 20 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 24 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
832Aug 2024Aug 2026Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 29Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 53Mar 2026 — avg 83 · peak 462Apr 2026 — avg 44 · peak 197May 2026 — avg 21 · peak 69Jun 2026 — avg 17 · peak 54Jul 2026 — avg 16 · peak 43Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.99$3.992024-08-032025-11-032024-08-03 — best price $15.292024-08-16 — best price $16.992024-10-28 — best price $8.492024-11-04 — best price $16.992024-11-12 — best price $7.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-04-07 — best price $3.992025-04-14 — best price $7.992025-05-26 — best price $3.992025-06-02 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-07-21 — best price $3.992025-07-28 — best price $7.992025-09-01 — best price $3.992025-09-08 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-10-27 — best price $3.992025-11-03 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Player tags

IndieHorrorMaturePuzzleSurrealThrillerDetectiveImmersiveAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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