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

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

>observer_ is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive (78% of 5927 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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
  • · 0 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 5% of 29,283 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 148k–356k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,935 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 18 of 22 observed days (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

602026-09-16 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1511May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2017 — avg 151 · peak 960Nov 2017 — avg 53 · peak 144Feb 2018 — avg 27 · peak 93May 2018 — avg 14 · peak 36Aug 2018 — avg 38 · peak 103Nov 2018 — avg 44 · peak 95Feb 2019 — avg 41 · peak 99May 2019 — avg 22 · peak 53Aug 2019 — avg 95 · peak 487Nov 2019 — avg 36 · peak 105Feb 2020 — avg 21 · peak 62May 2020 — avg 24 · peak 49Aug 2020 — avg 20 · peak 50Nov 2020 — avg 16 · peak 46Feb 2021 — avg 8 · peak 24May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 17Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$33.10$0.002017-08-142026-09-062017-08-14 — 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 $2.992026-09-06 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

543812026-05-30 — 88 pageviews2026-06-03 — 81 pageviews2026-06-07 — 250 pageviews2026-06-11 — 188 pageviews2026-06-15 — 175 pageviews2026-06-19 — 188 pageviews2026-06-23 — 141 pageviews2026-06-27 — 100 pageviews2026-07-01 — 106 pageviews2026-07-05 — 123 pageviews2026-07-09 — 86 pageviews2026-07-13 — 152 pageviews2026-07-17 — 115 pageviews2026-07-21 — 101 pageviews2026-07-25 — 113 pageviews2026-07-29 — 113 pageviews2026-08-02 — 118 pageviews2026-08-06 — 104 pageviews2026-08-10 — 136 pageviews2026-08-14 — 102 pageviews2026-08-18 — 129 pageviews2026-08-22 — 101 pageviews2026-08-26 — 143 pageviews2026-08-30 — 150 pageviews2026-09-03 — 140 pageviews2026-09-07 — 146 pageviews2026-09-11 — 141 pageviews2026-09-15 — 129 pageviews2026-09-19 — 114 pageviews2026-09-23 — 164 pageviews2026-09-27 — 173 pageviews2026-10-01 — 123 pageviews2026-10-05 — 146 pageviews2026-10-08 — 104 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-09-14 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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