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Paranormal

Matt Cohen · 2013-09-12

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 19, 2012 (Mac), Oct 19, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the horrors of a haunting that's never the same twice. Paranormal is a 3D fully dynamic haunting experience. The player takes the role of Mattel Clarke, an artist who has a haunted house. Mattel decides to film the hauntings with his camera, which is the viewpoint of the game.

Paranormal is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2013, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (56% of 527 reviews).

0
playing now
56%
positive of 527 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,660 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 527 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Desura (2013-05-01) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152026Week of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 07:00 — 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 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$7.492015-01-012023-03-232015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-06-11 — best price $8.492015-10-29 — best price $7.992015-11-25 — best price $8.992015-12-22 — best price $7.492016-02-05 — best price $8.492016-06-23 — best price $8.492016-10-28 — best price $8.992016-11-23 — best price $8.492016-12-22 — best price $8.492017-06-22 — best price $7.492017-10-26 — best price $7.992017-11-22 — best price $8.992017-12-21 — best price $8.492018-06-22 — best price $7.492018-10-30 — best price $8.492018-11-21 — best price $8.492018-12-21 — best price $8.492019-02-04 — best price $7.492019-06-25 — best price $7.492019-10-28 — best price $7.492020-06-25 — best price $7.492020-12-22 — best price $8.492021-06-24 — best price $8.492021-10-28 — best price $7.992021-11-24 — best price $8.992021-12-22 — best price $8.492022-01-27 — best price $8.492022-06-23 — best price $7.992022-10-25 — best price $7.992022-11-22 — best price $8.492022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-03-16 — best price $7.992023-03-23 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
1.6%
earned "Test Achievement"
1.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)0—1

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

Player tags

IndieActionHorrorAdventureSimulationEarly AccessFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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