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Obduction

Cyan, Inc. · 2016-08-24

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 29, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Aug 24, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 24, 2016 (Mac), May 08, 2018 (PlayStation VR), Oct 31, 2016 (Windows Mixed Reality), Mar 29, 2017 (iOS)

A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.

22
playing now
80%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (64 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 17h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

"As you walk beside the lake on a cloudy night, a distant thunderclap demands your attention. A curious, organic artifact falls from the starry sky and inexplicably, without asking permission, transports you across the universe. You’ve been abducted from your cozy existence and added into an alien landscape with a stereotypical Kansas farmhouse, a white picket fence, and a rather bizarre little ghost town - well… almost ghost town. Adding to the oddity, you discover a strangely kluged kiosk that reassuringly welcomes you to Hunrath."(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 58 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 100k–239k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,984 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99-60%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2022-12-22) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 25 of 42 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2632026-08-06 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 16 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$5.992016-08-242026-08-302016-08-24 — best price $29.992017-02-15 — best price $29.992017-06-02 — best price $29.992017-08-16 — best price $29.992017-09-14 — best price $17.992017-11-22 — best price $14.992018-01-03 — best price $29.992018-02-27 — best price $29.992018-06-04 — best price $11.992018-09-01 — best price $13.492018-11-15 — best price $10.492018-12-20 — best price $10.492019-03-25 — best price $8.992019-06-18 — best price $29.992019-08-13 — best price $29.992019-10-25 — best price $10.492019-12-06 — best price $7.492020-01-04 — best price $29.992020-01-31 — best price $29.992020-05-07 — best price $10.492020-07-09 — best price $29.992021-01-04 — best price $29.992021-06-24 — best price $8.992021-09-06 — best price $29.992021-12-06 — best price $29.992022-03-21 — best price $11.992022-07-18 — best price $8.992022-11-23 — best price $20.992023-03-20 — best price $8.992023-07-04 — best price $8.992023-12-04 — best price $10.492024-05-23 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $10.492025-04-09 — best price $10.492025-08-12 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-03-16 — best price $29.992026-05-20 — best price $11.992026-08-27 — best price $11.992026-08-30 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
72.8%
earned "Let it Flow"
22.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Dutch

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,68112%15
PS4 (PlayStation)44851%15
PS4 (PlayStation)33550%15
Xbox One (Xbox)28028%14
PS4 (PlayStation)17065%15
PS4 (PlayStation)11088%15

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

Player tags

VRIndiePuzzleMysterySurrealAdventureNonlinearOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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