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Palmyra Orphanage

Steppe Hare Studio · 2019-09-24

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
89%
positive of 712 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 30% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 712 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

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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