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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You cover art

Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You

Osmotic Studios · Daedalic Entertainment · 2016-10-27

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

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.

33
playing now
90%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$9.99
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 33 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 6% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 389k–934k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,559 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 36 of 64 observed days · $0.50 above the 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

4272026-08-06 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 33 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 40 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 42 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 41 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 17 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002016-10-202026-08-302016-10-20 — 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 $2.492026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

63182026-05-29 — 39 pageviews2026-06-01 — 32 pageviews2026-06-04 — 29 pageviews2026-06-07 — 63 pageviews2026-06-10 — 38 pageviews2026-06-13 — 18 pageviews2026-06-16 — 40 pageviews2026-06-19 — 41 pageviews2026-06-22 — 28 pageviews2026-06-25 — 32 pageviews2026-06-28 — 46 pageviews2026-07-01 — 26 pageviews2026-07-04 — 26 pageviews2026-07-07 — 32 pageviews2026-07-10 — 32 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-16 — 41 pageviews2026-07-19 — 35 pageviews2026-07-22 — 19 pageviews2026-07-25 — 30 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-31 — 31 pageviews2026-08-03 — 32 pageviews2026-08-06 — 31 pageviews2026-08-09 — 29 pageviews2026-08-12 — 32 pageviews2026-08-15 — 39 pageviews2026-08-18 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 21 pageviews2026-08-24 — 26 pageviews2026-08-26 — 36 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

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.

Player tags

IndieHackingPoliticsAdventureDetectivePoliticalDystopian Mouse onlySimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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