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PANIC STATION

Forest Games · 2020-08-25

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 25, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

After exploring the new planet, the space crew became infected with an unknown virus. After a long epidemic, the space station plunged into chaos. Various mutations took place with the crew of the ship, which clouded their minds. Make your way to the rescue shuttle through the mysterious danger.

42%
positive of 53 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$0.77
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 78% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (46 reviews).
  • · Top 52% of 25,276 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.77-61%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2023-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720202026Week of 2020-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.592020-08-252026-10-012020-08-25 — best price $1.192020-09-07 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.892022-12-15 — best price $0.892023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-02-17 — best price $1.992023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-04-07 — best price $1.992023-05-21 — best price $1.992023-06-29 — best price $0.592023-08-15 — best price $0.592023-12-21 — best price $0.772024-01-05 — best price $0.772024-02-18 — best price $0.772024-03-14 — best price $0.772024-04-05 — best price $0.772024-05-20 — best price $0.772024-06-27 — best price $0.772024-07-12 — best price $0.772024-08-25 — best price $0.772024-10-28 — best price $0.772024-11-27 — best price $0.772024-12-05 — best price $0.772025-01-20 — best price $0.772025-03-05 — best price $0.772025-03-13 — best price $0.772025-04-18 — best price $0.772025-06-01 — best price $0.772025-06-27 — best price $0.772025-07-25 — best price $0.772025-09-07 — best price $0.772025-09-29 — best price $0.772025-10-27 — best price $0.772025-12-08 — best price $0.772026-02-05 — best price $0.772026-03-19 — best price $0.772026-05-12 — best price $0.772026-06-25 — best price $0.772026-07-10 — best price $0.772026-10-01 — best price $0.77
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

DarkCo-opIndieActionCombatHorrorSci-fiThrillerAdventureFuturistic

Census log

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

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