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outside the door cover art

outside the door

basandaika games · 2024-04-09

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Outside the door is a mystic visual novel set within one office. You are about to figure out the stories of a few visitors without having a single memory of yourself.

95%
positive of 736 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 243 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity up 121% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 9,739 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 736 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.55 at Steam (2026-03-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
636320242026Week of 2024-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.552024-04-092026-07-282024-04-09 — best price $1.792024-06-27 — best price $1.392024-07-18 — best price $1.392024-08-26 — best price $1.392024-10-10 — best price $1.192024-11-27 — best price $1.192024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-03-03 — best price $1.192025-03-13 — best price $1.192025-05-01 — best price $1.392025-06-09 — best price $1.192025-06-27 — best price $0.792025-07-21 — best price $1.392025-09-01 — best price $0.992025-10-16 — best price $1.192025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-01-13 — best price $0.592026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-03-30 — best price $0.552026-05-19 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-14 — best price $0.992026-07-28 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
81.8%
earned "Let's start!"
47.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Russian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)25159%6

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

Player tags

AnimeIndieCasualHorrorMysterySurrealViolentConversationVisual NovelPsychological

Census log

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

Recent updates

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