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Obsurity cover art

Obsurity

Game Dynasty · 2020-02-24

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 28, 2021 (Xbox One), Feb 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Discover all the secrets of two completely different worlds.

Obsurity is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $12.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 286 reviews).

0
playing now
72%
positive of 286 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.7k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 286 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2021-02-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 17 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420202026Week of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1902026-09-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 19 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.692020-02-242026-10-102020-02-24 — best price $5.942020-06-08 — best price $6.992020-09-21 — best price $1.392020-11-16 — best price $6.992021-01-21 — best price $1.392021-03-22 — best price $6.992021-07-26 — best price $0.692021-11-01 — best price $6.992021-12-23 — best price $0.692022-02-03 — best price $6.992022-06-23 — best price $0.902022-09-26 — best price $6.992022-12-12 — best price $0.692023-01-23 — best price $6.992023-04-10 — best price $0.692023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-10-16 — best price $0.992023-12-11 — best price $9.992024-02-26 — best price $0.992024-04-15 — best price $9.992024-07-29 — best price $0.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-03-10 — best price $9.992025-06-09 — best price $0.992025-07-28 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-12-18 — best price $1.292026-03-18 — best price $12.992026-06-08 — best price $0.902026-08-10 — best price $12.992026-09-26 — best price $4.992026-10-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
40.5%
earned "Where are we?"
16%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)1,18349%20
Windows (Xbox)61456%20
Steam (Steam)19528%7

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

Player tags

2DIndieShortFantasyColorfulTop-DownAdventureDifficultSouls-likeAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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