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Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory

Black Shamrock · Nacon · 2023-12-21

SteamEpic Games Store

RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 21, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation 4), TBD (Xbox One)

Lead a team of four Troubleshooters of dubious loyalty, who (mostly) obey orders from Friend Computer, a paranoid and irrational artificial intelligence. Inspired by the classic games of the CRPG genre, experience the first official adaptation of the cult role-playing game!

Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory is a 2023 RPG priced at $2.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 48 reviews).

48%
positive of 50 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 12,902 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-95%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620232026Week of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$1.492019-09-232026-10-012019-09-23 — best price $26.992019-10-30 — best price $26.992019-11-03 — best price $26.992019-11-06 — best price $26.992019-11-09 — best price $26.992019-11-12 — best price $26.992019-11-15 — best price $26.992019-11-20 — best price $26.992019-12-04 — best price $29.992024-02-09 — best price $20.992024-03-10 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-05-06 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $11.992024-07-22 — best price $11.992024-09-02 — best price $11.992024-10-18 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $8.992024-12-20 — best price $7.492025-03-06 — best price $2.992025-06-02 — best price $29.992025-08-25 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-11 — best price $29.992026-04-10 — best price $2.992026-06-07 — best price $29.992026-07-23 — best price $29.992026-10-01 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Player tags

RPGIndieSci-fiStrategyTacticalAdventureDystopian Story RichTurn-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.