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PARANOID cover art

PARANOID

Madmind Studio · 2023-12-15

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Paranoid is a horror that tells the story of Patrick who has been living in isolation from the outside world for many years. One day he receives a phone call from his sister, who announces her visit more than a dozen years after she disappeared.

43%
positive of 295 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

The game tells the story of Patrick Calman, a 31-year-old man who lost his entire family in mysterious circumstances - his parents died in a brutal way, and his sister suddenly disappeared for unknown reasons. The trauma of losing loved ones shattered Patrick's psyche and turned his own apartment into a prison for him. The only member of Patrick's family left alive is his sister, who disappeared more than 10 years ago. One day, Patrick receives a phone call, and the voice in the receiver seems to belong to his sister. This one announces her arrival - several years after her disappearance. Th(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (125 reviews).
  • · Top 53% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.9k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 295 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.29-76%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.41 at Steam (2026-08-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 58 of 60 observed days · $0.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
808020232026Week of 2023-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$3.412023-12-152026-08-302023-12-15 — best price $21.242023-12-25 — best price $24.992024-03-16 — best price $21.242024-03-20 — best price $21.242024-04-11 — best price $24.992024-05-09 — best price $22.492024-06-01 — best price $21.242024-06-06 — best price $21.242024-07-24 — best price $21.242024-07-29 — best price $24.992024-08-15 — best price $21.242024-09-19 — best price $21.242024-09-25 — best price $8.992024-10-16 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $8.992025-01-02 — best price $17.992025-01-24 — best price $8.992025-02-17 — best price $17.992025-03-17 — best price $17.992025-04-23 — best price $8.992025-05-10 — best price $17.992025-06-14 — best price $17.992025-07-10 — best price $17.992025-08-11 — best price $17.992025-09-25 — best price $8.092025-10-19 — best price $17.992025-11-05 — best price $17.992025-11-21 — best price $17.992025-12-19 — best price $4.492026-01-21 — best price $17.992026-02-10 — best price $17.992026-03-13 — best price $4.132026-04-14 — best price $21.242026-04-30 — best price $4.292026-06-02 — best price $3.772026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-07-27 — best price $24.992026-08-13 — best price $3.412026-08-30 — best price $4.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
84.4%
earned "Hide n seek"
44.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Korean, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12912%18
Steam (Steam)0—4

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

Player tags

ActionCombatHorrorSurvivalAdventureRealisticStory RichAtmosphericExplorationPsychedelic

Census log

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

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