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Oxenfree cover art

Oxenfree

Night School Studio · 2016-01-14

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 16, 2017 (iOS), Oct 06, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 14, 2016 (Mac), Jan 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 28, 2017 (Android), Jan 14, 2016 (Linux)

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Oxenfree is a 2016 Adventure and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 12,113 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

5
playing now
91%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (418 ratings)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (4,993 ratings)
5.2h
to beat · rushed 3.8h · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Oxenfree is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Night School Studio. It was released for OS X, Windows, and Xbox One in January 2016. PlayStation 4 and Linux versions were released later in 2016, followed by iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch versions in 2017. In Oxenfree, players assume the role of the teenage girl Alex on a weekend trip to a local island. After seemingly supernatural events occur, Alex and her friends must unravel the secrets of the island.

Trailer

Oxenfree trailer thumbnail

OXENFREE | Official Game Trailer | Netflix

≈125,826 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 156 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,920 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 303k–727k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,124 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-02-05) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 49 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25925920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-09-15 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1781Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2016 — avg 19 · peak 53Aug 2016 — avg 51 · peak 168Dec 2016 — avg 91 · peak 345Apr 2017 — avg 31 · peak 80Aug 2017 — avg 27 · peak 63Dec 2017 — avg 59 · peak 148Apr 2018 — avg 34 · peak 424Aug 2018 — avg 19 · peak 45Dec 2018 — avg 38 · peak 89Apr 2019 — avg 17 · peak 39Aug 2019 — avg 16 · peak 40Dec 2019 — avg 19 · peak 44Apr 2020 — avg 20 · peak 43Aug 2020 — avg 20 · peak 49Dec 2020 — avg 21 · peak 67Apr 2021 — avg 24 · peak 71Aug 2021 — avg 18 · peak 37Dec 2021 — avg 23 · peak 89Apr 2022 — avg 14 · peak 35Aug 2022 — avg 12 · peak 27Dec 2022 — avg 15 · peak 48Apr 2023 — avg 11 · peak 33Aug 2023 — avg 28 · peak 68Dec 2023 — avg 15 · peak 46Apr 2024 — avg 12 · peak 28Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Dec 2024 — avg 14 · peak 35Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Aug 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.992016-01-152026-10-152016-01-15 — best price $19.992016-06-06 — best price $19.992016-09-22 — best price $8.992017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-06-21 — best price $19.992017-09-26 — best price $19.992018-01-11 — best price $4.992018-08-30 — best price $4.992018-11-28 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $5.002019-11-12 — best price $9.992020-01-13 — best price $9.992020-03-09 — best price $2.292020-05-16 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-07-31 — best price $9.992020-08-23 — best price $8.892020-09-23 — best price $8.892020-10-15 — best price $4.992020-11-10 — best price $8.892020-12-05 — best price $9.992021-01-11 — best price $8.892021-03-02 — best price $9.992021-03-23 — best price $9.992021-04-14 — best price $8.892021-05-20 — best price $9.992021-06-12 — best price $7.342021-10-03 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $0.992022-06-09 — best price $7.342022-12-22 — best price $1.992024-01-05 — best price $8.892024-11-04 — best price $9.992026-08-31 — best price $9.992026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k932026-06-01 — 112 pageviews2026-06-05 — 117 pageviews2026-06-09 — 147 pageviews2026-06-13 — 114 pageviews2026-06-17 — 113 pageviews2026-06-21 — 127 pageviews2026-06-25 — 133 pageviews2026-06-29 — 130 pageviews2026-07-03 — 169 pageviews2026-07-07 — 148 pageviews2026-07-11 — 147 pageviews2026-07-15 — 139 pageviews2026-07-19 — 171 pageviews2026-07-23 — 146 pageviews2026-07-27 — 153 pageviews2026-07-31 — 146 pageviews2026-08-04 — 137 pageviews2026-08-08 — 133 pageviews2026-08-12 — 104 pageviews2026-08-16 — 246 pageviews2026-08-20 — 131 pageviews2026-08-24 — 167 pageviews2026-08-28 — 135 pageviews2026-09-01 — 118 pageviews2026-09-05 — 121 pageviews2026-09-09 — 127 pageviews2026-09-13 — 109 pageviews2026-09-17 — 103 pageviews2026-09-21 — 130 pageviews2026-09-25 — 137 pageviews2026-09-29 — 113 pageviews2026-10-03 — 122 pageviews2026-10-07 — 101 pageviews2026-10-10 — 101 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
49.6%
earned "It's A Me"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-01-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)12,62812%13
Steam (Steam)11,6649%13
PS4 (PlayStation)7,71143%14
Switch (Nintendo)2840%0
Switch (Nintendo)40%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

IndieHorrorMysteryThrillerAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerSupernaturalChoices Matter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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