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Only If cover art

Only If

Creability · 2014-07-25

Steam

AdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 25, 2014 (Linux), Jul 25, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 25, 2014 (Mac)

Only If is a surreal first person adventure-puzzle game. It takes idiom into reality.

Only If is a 2014 Adventure, Indie and Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and Mixed reviews (62% of 5953 reviews).

0
playing now
62%
positive of 6.0k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Only If is an adventure game developed and published by now defunct Dubai-based indie studio Creability. Only If was released on July 25, 2014 for Linux, OS X, and Windows.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3631Jul 2014Mar 2026Jul 2014 — avg 363 · peak 702Nov 2014 — avg 26 · peak 70Mar 2015 — avg 19 · peak 47Jul 2015 — avg 19 · peak 43Nov 2015 — avg 14 · peak 36Mar 2016 — avg 14 · peak 30Jul 2016 — avg 7 · peak 18Nov 2016 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 13Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

1202026-06-01 — 8 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 2 pageviews2026-06-21 — 3 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 7 pageviews2026-07-03 — 0 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 2 pageviews2026-07-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-31 — 2 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1 pageviews2026-08-20 — 0 pageviews2026-08-25 — 0 pageviews2026-08-29 — 3 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 5 pageviews2026-09-14 — 2 pageviews2026-09-18 — 3 pageviews2026-09-22 — 7 pageviews2026-09-26 — 3 pageviews2026-09-30 — 3 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5 pageviews2026-10-09 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
24.1%
earned "You're not Santa, get out."
6.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,65124%10

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

IndieActionComedyHorrorPuzzleSurrealSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.