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Observer: System Redux

Bloober Team · Bloober Team SA · 2020-11-10

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 10, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 16, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 10, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 12, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Jul 16, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jun 18, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story 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.

3
playing now
85%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

You are Daniel Lazarski - an elite investigator of the future, portrayed by late cyberpunk icon Rutger Hauer. Using a device known as the Dream Eater, hack into people’s minds to extract clues and evidence. Virtual realities, mind-altering drugs, neural implants… Dive deep into a world where life is cheap(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 227 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 60k–135k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,000 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$5.95-80%
Fanatical$5.99-80%
IndieGala$6.28-79%
Gamesplanet$6.40-79%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.35-75%
GOG$7.49-75%
Humble Store$7.49-75%
WinGameStore$7.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.53 at IndieGala Store (2026-05-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 85 of 123 observed days · $3.42 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26526520202026Week of 2020-11-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2812026-08-07 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.532020-08-272026-08-302020-08-27 — best price $26.992021-02-20 — best price $29.992021-05-14 — best price $20.992021-09-07 — best price $29.992021-11-29 — best price $29.992022-02-05 — best price $29.992022-05-20 — best price $22.492022-08-01 — best price $29.992022-11-14 — best price $15.002023-01-10 — best price $26.952023-02-16 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-05-03 — best price $11.842023-06-10 — best price $22.982023-07-15 — best price $29.992023-08-15 — best price $13.032023-09-23 — best price $29.992023-11-15 — best price $29.992023-12-15 — best price $8.952024-01-23 — best price $29.992024-02-23 — best price $11.992024-03-22 — best price $12.002024-04-18 — best price $8.992024-05-14 — best price $11.992024-06-05 — best price $22.982024-07-18 — best price $22.982024-08-20 — best price $26.112024-11-26 — best price $8.992025-02-13 — best price $8.992025-05-07 — best price $8.992025-08-16 — best price $22.982025-11-03 — best price $29.992025-12-08 — best price $7.492026-02-05 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $7.352026-04-28 — best price $6.532026-06-20 — best price $23.892026-08-08 — best price $6.242026-08-26 — best price $5.952026-08-30 — best price $5.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
50.3%
earned "I am an Observer"
16.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)3,92025%24
Steam (Steam)1,6787%23
Xbox Series (Xbox)9629%23
PS4 (PlayStation)86826%24
PS4 (PlayStation)74825%24
PS4 (PlayStation)7745%24
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

HorrorHackingStealthSurrealCyberpunkDetectiveStory RichFirst-PersonInvestigationChoices Matter

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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