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Obduction

Cyan, Inc. · 2016-08-24

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

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.

Obduction is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2016, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, priced at $11.99, and holds a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 3990 reviews).

8
playing now
80%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (64 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (2 downloads)
4.21★
PlayStation Store rating (819 ratings)
12h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 17h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Obduction is an adventure video game developed by Cyan Worlds. Obduction is considered a spiritual successor to Cyan's previous adventure games, Myst and Riven. In the game, the player finds their character transported to strange alien worlds but with human elements within the settings. The player must explore and solve puzzles to figure out how to return home.

Trailer

Obduction trailer thumbnail

Obduction | Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 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 6% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 100k–239k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,991 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 63 of 84 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

2312026-09-14 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3051Jun 2016Aug 2026Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2016 — avg 133 · peak 350Feb 2017 — avg 83 · peak 271Jun 2017 — avg 68 · peak 191Oct 2017 — avg 38 · peak 182Feb 2018 — avg 36 · peak 103Jun 2018 — avg 36 · peak 114Oct 2018 — avg 20 · peak 58Feb 2019 — avg 30 · peak 86Jun 2019 — avg 22 · peak 87Oct 2019 — avg 18 · peak 53Feb 2020 — avg 32 · peak 88Jun 2020 — avg 25 · peak 82Oct 2020 — avg 18 · peak 47Feb 2021 — avg 28 · peak 71Jun 2021 — avg 16 · peak 55Oct 2021 — avg 14 · peak 46Feb 2022 — avg 23 · peak 70Jun 2022 — avg 14 · peak 38Oct 2022 — avg 13 · peak 30Feb 2023 — avg 14 · peak 36Jun 2023 — avg 12 · peak 28Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 26Feb 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Jun 2024 — avg 10 · peak 32Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Feb 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 44
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.002016-08-242026-10-142016-08-24 — best price $29.992017-04-13 — best price $29.992017-06-21 — best price $29.992017-09-03 — best price $17.992017-11-01 — best price $29.992018-01-03 — best price $29.992018-03-17 — best price $29.992018-07-04 — best price $10.492018-10-30 — best price $10.492018-12-01 — best price $29.992019-03-25 — best price $8.992019-06-26 — best price $8.992019-08-29 — best price $10.492019-11-26 — best price $10.492019-12-20 — best price $10.492020-01-31 — best price $29.992020-05-13 — best price $10.492020-11-28 — best price $10.492021-03-06 — best price $29.992021-08-26 — best price $10.492021-12-06 — best price $29.992022-05-19 — best price $8.992022-09-06 — best price $29.992023-01-10 — best price $29.992023-05-25 — best price $29.992023-12-04 — best price $10.492024-06-19 — best price $8.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-11-26 — best price $29.992026-03-16 — best price $29.992026-06-17 — best price $11.992026-08-31 — best price $11.992026-09-12 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $11.992026-10-06 — best price $11.992026-10-14 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

124292026-06-03 — 40 pageviews2026-06-07 — 57 pageviews2026-06-11 — 34 pageviews2026-06-15 — 47 pageviews2026-06-19 — 40 pageviews2026-06-23 — 31 pageviews2026-06-27 — 59 pageviews2026-07-01 — 67 pageviews2026-07-05 — 60 pageviews2026-07-09 — 47 pageviews2026-07-13 — 68 pageviews2026-07-17 — 49 pageviews2026-07-21 — 34 pageviews2026-07-25 — 36 pageviews2026-07-29 — 68 pageviews2026-08-02 — 54 pageviews2026-08-06 — 53 pageviews2026-08-10 — 69 pageviews2026-08-14 — 44 pageviews2026-08-18 — 50 pageviews2026-08-22 — 43 pageviews2026-08-26 — 59 pageviews2026-08-30 — 45 pageviews2026-09-03 — 58 pageviews2026-09-07 — 50 pageviews2026-09-11 — 50 pageviews2026-09-15 — 55 pageviews2026-09-19 — 51 pageviews2026-09-23 — 44 pageviews2026-09-27 — 42 pageviews2026-10-01 — 31 pageviews2026-10-05 — 39 pageviews2026-10-09 — 53 pageviews2026-10-12 — 47 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-08-31, latest 2017-10-27 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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