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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You

Osmotic Studios · Daedalic Entertainment · 2016-10-27

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 27, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 02, 2020 (Android), Mar 31, 2020 (iOS), Dec 16, 2016 (Linux), Dec 16, 2016 (Mac), Jan 21, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.

Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You is an Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 15,559 reviews).

15
playing now
90%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (137 ratings)
6.5h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Orwell is a series of episodic simulation video games by indie developer Osmotic Studios in which the player assumes the role of a state operative and monitors surveillance sources to find national security threats.

Trailer

Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You trailer thumbnail

Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You - Gameplay Trailer

≈31,473 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 336 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,764 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 390k–935k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,589 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
Steam$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2021-02-11) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 76 of 100 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
35535520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3452026-09-15 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 24 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 18 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 24 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.3k0Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2016 — avg 85 · peak 323Apr 2017 — avg 41 · peak 156Aug 2017 — avg 37 · peak 93Dec 2017 — avg 40 · peak 98Apr 2018 — avg 48 · peak 188Aug 2018 — avg 597 · peak 7,935Dec 2018 — avg 173 · peak 1,016Apr 2019 — avg 79 · peak 802Aug 2019 — avg 81 · peak 262Dec 2019 — avg 103 · peak 398Apr 2020 — avg 75 · peak 308Aug 2020 — avg 81 · peak 359Dec 2020 — avg 61 · peak 263Apr 2021 — avg 29 · peak 92Aug 2021 — avg 27 · peak 136Dec 2021 — avg 40 · peak 513Apr 2022 — avg 27 · peak 166Aug 2022 — avg 29 · peak 848Dec 2022 — avg 30 · peak 752Apr 2023 — avg 14 · peak 33Aug 2023 — avg 31 · peak 381Dec 2023 — avg 17 · peak 49Apr 2024 — avg 11 · peak 28Aug 2024 — avg 20 · peak 68Dec 2024 — avg 82 · peak 1,180Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 34Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 43Dec 2025 — avg 21 · peak 478Apr 2026 — avg 25 · peak 71Aug 2026 — avg 23 · peak 54
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.002016-10-202026-10-142016-10-20 — best price $9.992017-03-20 — best price $9.992017-06-28 — best price $6.592017-09-14 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $5.992018-04-20 — best price $9.992018-07-24 — best price $3.992018-09-07 — best price $7.992018-10-03 — best price $0.002019-01-05 — best price $9.992019-06-03 — best price $3.392019-09-14 — best price $9.992019-12-09 — best price $2.492020-02-10 — best price $9.992020-06-15 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-04-09 — best price $2.492021-09-16 — best price $9.992022-02-17 — best price $9.992022-09-06 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-04-04 — best price $9.992023-09-05 — best price $9.992023-12-13 — best price $2.492024-02-15 — best price $9.992024-05-21 — best price $9.992024-08-15 — best price $2.492024-11-26 — best price $2.492025-02-13 — best price $2.492025-06-12 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-03-27 — best price $2.492026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-08-31 — best price $2.492026-09-15 — best price $2.492026-09-30 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

46142026-05-29 — 39 pageviews2026-06-02 — 23 pageviews2026-06-06 — 37 pageviews2026-06-10 — 38 pageviews2026-06-14 — 38 pageviews2026-06-18 — 39 pageviews2026-06-22 — 28 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-30 — 40 pageviews2026-07-04 — 26 pageviews2026-07-08 — 40 pageviews2026-07-12 — 21 pageviews2026-07-16 — 41 pageviews2026-07-20 — 22 pageviews2026-07-24 — 26 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-08-01 — 33 pageviews2026-08-05 — 19 pageviews2026-08-09 — 29 pageviews2026-08-13 — 34 pageviews2026-08-17 — 28 pageviews2026-08-21 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 31 pageviews2026-08-29 — 44 pageviews2026-09-02 — 25 pageviews2026-09-06 — 24 pageviews2026-09-10 — 20 pageviews2026-09-14 — 35 pageviews2026-09-18 — 14 pageviews2026-09-22 — 36 pageviews2026-09-26 — 15 pageviews2026-09-30 — 19 pageviews2026-10-04 — 29 pageviews2026-10-07 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
37.5%
earned "Torture myself with whimsies"
15.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-10-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

IndieHackingPoliticsAdventureDetectivePoliticalDystopian Mouse onlySimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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