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Orwell: Ignorance is Strength

Osmotic Studios · Daedalic Entertainment · 2018-02-22

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 22, 2018 (Linux), Feb 22, 2018 (Mac), Feb 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 21, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

Step into the shoes of a government official in a top-secret department of the Orwell surveillance program. Given the power to both uncover and fabricate "the truth", how far will you go in the service of your country? Season 2 of Orwell, the award-winning surveillance thriller.

3
playing now
76%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
6.3h
to beat · rushed 3h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 22% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 48k–115k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,913 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.80 at GreenManGaming (2024-09-16) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 38 of 67 observed days · $0.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1712026-08-06 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.76$2.532018-02-222026-08-302018-02-22 — best price $8.992018-06-27 — best price $9.992018-09-07 — best price $7.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-05-13 — best price $9.992019-09-14 — best price $9.992019-12-16 — best price $5.392020-03-04 — best price $8.892020-05-27 — best price $5.992020-08-08 — best price $9.992020-09-20 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-07-18 — best price $8.892021-10-27 — best price $8.892021-12-23 — best price $4.992022-02-21 — best price $9.992022-05-17 — best price $8.892022-07-25 — best price $3.992022-10-21 — best price $3.992022-12-15 — best price $2.992023-02-16 — best price $9.992023-05-04 — best price $2.992023-07-03 — best price $5.002023-08-14 — best price $3.742023-09-28 — best price $9.992023-11-14 — best price $4.002023-12-30 — best price $9.992024-02-14 — best price $2.992024-04-12 — best price $4.002024-06-19 — best price $2.992024-08-05 — best price $3.292024-10-08 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992026-03-17 — best price $3.002026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
56.6%
earned "Thesis"
22.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,23312%19
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

IndiePuzzleHackingMysteryAdventureDetectivePoliticalDystopian SimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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