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Palmyra Orphanage cover art

Palmyra Orphanage

Steppe Hare Studio · 2019-09-24

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 24, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Paranormal first-person horror, which takes place in an abandoned orphanage. Walk through the corridors of your childhood, but do remember that you're not only one here.

Palmyra Orphanage is an Indie game released in 2019, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 711 reviews).

0
playing now
89%
positive of 711 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
2.5h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 3h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

In a remote corner of post-Soviet Russia lies an orphanage "Palmyra". Somehow, this children's home was able to survive the collapse of the country and the terrible fever of the nineties. But recently, any mentions of him disappeared from all archives. What is hidden behind the walls of forgotten shelter? You've finally found a clue about location of your missing brother. To do that, you will have to return to the place that should be forgotten. The old orphanage was a place in which you were separated. Now all you need to do is to walk through the empty rooms of your past and find documents a(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 711 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.01 at Steam (2020-09-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820192026Week of 2019-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
71Jul 2019May 2023Jul 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 16Sep 2019 — avg 7 · peak 45Oct 2019 — avg 7 · peak 31Nov 2019 — avg 4 · peak 18Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 17Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 4Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — May 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$4.012019-07-242026-08-172019-07-24 — best price $4.732019-10-28 — best price $4.732019-12-19 — best price $4.192020-01-23 — best price $4.732020-04-13 — best price $4.732020-06-25 — best price $4.732020-10-29 — best price $4.012020-12-22 — best price $4.012021-04-19 — best price $4.012021-06-25 — best price $4.012021-10-28 — best price $4.012021-12-22 — best price $4.012022-06-24 — best price $4.012022-09-19 — best price $4.012022-12-22 — best price $4.732023-02-27 — best price $4.732023-04-17 — best price $4.012023-07-10 — best price $4.732023-10-02 — best price $4.732023-12-22 — best price $4.732024-02-19 — best price $4.732024-04-29 — best price $4.732024-06-27 — best price $4.732024-09-02 — best price $4.732024-11-27 — best price $4.732024-12-19 — best price $4.732025-03-13 — best price $4.732025-05-05 — best price $4.732025-06-27 — best price $4.732025-09-22 — best price $4.732025-12-18 — best price $4.732026-03-19 — best price $4.732026-05-11 — best price $4.732026-08-10 — best price $4.732026-08-17 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
89.9%
earned "Let it be light"
29.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)64416%16

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

Player tags

DarkGoreIndieHorrorMaturePuzzleViolentAdventureAtmosphericEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.