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Bloober Team SA · Bloober Team · 2017-08-15

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 24, 2017 (Mac), Feb 07, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 15, 2017 (Xbox One), Oct 24, 2017 (Linux), Aug 15, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 15, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

The original first‑person cyberpunk horror detective tale set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.

5
playing now
78%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (162 ratings)
8h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

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

Observer is a psychological horror video game developed by Bloober Team and published by Aspyr. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in August 2017, followed by versions for Linux, macOS and Nintendo Switch. An upgraded and expanded version called Observer: System Redux was released in November 2020 for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, for Amazon Luna in March 2021, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in July 2021, and for Nintendo Switch 2 in June 2026. Observer follows Daniel Lazarski, a detective known as an Observer, who can hack people's minds as a method of interrogation.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 79 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 276% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 148k–356k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,927 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-01-12) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 11 of 15 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13813820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-06 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$33.10$0.002017-08-142026-08-302017-08-14 — best price $25.492017-09-12 — best price $23.482017-10-30 — best price $26.242017-11-20 — best price $29.992017-12-20 — best price $20.092018-02-09 — best price $20.092018-04-16 — best price $18.512018-05-17 — best price $22.962018-06-15 — best price $17.992018-07-24 — best price $14.472018-08-30 — best price $17.992018-10-12 — best price $24.492018-10-30 — best price $13.992018-11-23 — best price $16.042018-12-20 — best price $13.492019-02-04 — best price $11.992019-03-25 — best price $29.992019-04-24 — best price $29.992019-05-17 — best price $8.982019-06-20 — best price $8.992019-07-19 — best price $5.992019-08-26 — best price $8.992019-09-28 — best price $25.432019-10-26 — best price $7.492019-11-28 — best price $7.492019-12-20 — best price $7.492020-01-17 — best price $29.992020-02-08 — best price $26.662020-02-28 — best price $24.492020-03-25 — best price $6.002020-04-17 — best price $29.992020-05-18 — best price $29.992020-07-02 — best price $29.992020-09-01 — best price $7.492020-12-31 — best price $5.992021-05-02 — best price $24.392022-05-24 — best price $29.992026-01-26 — best price $29.992026-08-29 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

543812026-05-30 — 88 pageviews2026-06-02 — 92 pageviews2026-06-05 — 137 pageviews2026-06-08 — 197 pageviews2026-06-11 — 188 pageviews2026-06-14 — 181 pageviews2026-06-17 — 189 pageviews2026-06-20 — 168 pageviews2026-06-23 — 141 pageviews2026-06-26 — 172 pageviews2026-06-29 — 127 pageviews2026-07-02 — 129 pageviews2026-07-05 — 123 pageviews2026-07-08 — 88 pageviews2026-07-11 — 125 pageviews2026-07-14 — 121 pageviews2026-07-17 — 115 pageviews2026-07-20 — 108 pageviews2026-07-23 — 108 pageviews2026-07-26 — 103 pageviews2026-07-29 — 113 pageviews2026-08-01 — 100 pageviews2026-08-04 — 130 pageviews2026-08-07 — 113 pageviews2026-08-10 — 136 pageviews2026-08-13 — 115 pageviews2026-08-16 — 140 pageviews2026-08-19 — 112 pageviews2026-08-22 — 101 pageviews2026-08-25 — 135 pageviews2026-08-27 — 133 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
49.1%
earned "I am an Observer"
13.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)4,0189%19

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

Player tags

IndieHorrorSci-fiViolentAdventureCyberpunkDetectiveDystopian FuturisticStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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