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People Playground cover art

People Playground

mestiez · Studio Minus · 2019-07-23

SteamGOG

ActionCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

People Playground is an Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 317851 reviews) sentiment.

1,132
playing now
98%
positive of 321k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
73/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
139
Nexus mods (193k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1,132 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

People Playground trailer thumbnail

People Playground - Gameplay trailer

≈496,380 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,132 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24,233 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3,029/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 8.0M–19M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 321,362 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 36 of 71 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.9k9.9k20192026Week of 2019-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,268 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 942 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 657 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 880 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,328 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,758 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,343 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,356 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,615 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,045 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4,732 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4,708 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,494 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,169 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3,512 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3,997 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5,217 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6,300 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5,307 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3,877 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4,891 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5,698 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6,001 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8,373 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6,894 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7,067 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6,226 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6,043 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5,552 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6,793 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5,100 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4,354 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4,259 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,936 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7,664 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8,237 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4,917 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5,136 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4,509 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4,431 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5,108 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9,916 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6,186 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4,727 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4,885 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4,914 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4,676 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4,971 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4,147 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4,446 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3,585 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,924 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4,360 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4,550 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4,060 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3,057 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3,118 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,947 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,807 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4,124 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3,096 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,444 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,698 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,558 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,800 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4,042 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,805 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,290 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,450 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,413 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4,279 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4,611 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4,224 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3,109 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,647 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,777 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2,464 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,662 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,298 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2,370 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,064 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 216 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.5k8372026-09-15 11:00 — 2,634 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 3,883 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,374 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 4,124 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 5,452 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,498 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,030 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,991 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,766 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,589 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 2,057 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,502 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 898 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,967 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 2,252 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 965 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,553 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 1,689 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,046 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 2,058 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 2,549 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,182 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,132 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.2k39Jul 2019Aug 2026Jul 2019 — avg 39 · peak 135Oct 2019 — avg 322 · peak 661Jan 2020 — avg 499 · peak 955Apr 2020 — avg 596 · peak 853Jul 2020 — avg 1,161 · peak 1,788Oct 2020 — avg 1,378 · peak 2,688Jan 2021 — avg 2,891 · peak 4,552Apr 2021 — avg 3,011 · peak 4,986Jul 2021 — avg 4,631 · peak 7,494Oct 2021 — avg 4,768 · peak 12,749Jan 2022 — avg 6,105 · peak 10,596Apr 2022 — avg 6,979 · peak 13,019Jul 2022 — avg 7,055 · peak 11,054Oct 2022 — avg 5,619 · peak 9,621Jan 2023 — avg 7,299 · peak 14,868Apr 2023 — avg 5,978 · peak 9,880Jul 2023 — avg 8,224 · peak 12,794Oct 2023 — avg 6,604 · peak 15,643Jan 2024 — avg 5,398 · peak 9,212Apr 2024 — avg 4,834 · peak 8,439Jul 2024 — avg 5,419 · peak 7,614Oct 2024 — avg 4,871 · peak 9,305Jan 2025 — avg 4,457 · peak 7,495Apr 2025 — avg 4,030 · peak 6,893Jul 2025 — avg 4,743 · peak 7,139Oct 2025 — avg 3,957 · peak 6,902Jan 2026 — avg 4,543 · peak 7,904Apr 2026 — avg 4,193 · peak 7,420Jul 2026 — avg 3,824 · peak 5,686Aug 2026 — avg 3,614 · peak 5,415
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
2662662026-09-222026-10-122026-09-22: 45 new positive2026-09-22: 165 new negative2026-09-27: 108 new positive2026-09-27: 266 new negative2026-09-28: 37 new positive2026-09-28: 51 new negative2026-09-29: 29 new positive2026-09-29: 52 new negative2026-09-30: 27 new positive2026-09-30: 55 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 81 new negative2026-10-02: 48 new positive2026-10-02: 61 new negative2026-10-03: 30 new positive2026-10-03: 78 new negative2026-10-04: 42 new positive2026-10-04: 71 new negative2026-10-05: 13 new positive2026-10-05: 52 new negative2026-10-06: 13 new positive2026-10-06: 41 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-07: 33 new negative2026-10-08: 26 new positive2026-10-08: 39 new negative2026-10-09: 17 new positive2026-10-09: 29 new negative2026-10-10: 12 new positive2026-10-10: 60 new negative2026-10-11: 11 new positive2026-10-11: 101 new negative2026-10-12: 17 new positive2026-10-12: 122 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992019-07-122026-10-142019-07-12 — best price $8.002019-12-21 — best price $5.992020-10-29 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-08-19 — best price $9.992024-10-08 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-03-11 — best price $9.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-05-14 — best price $9.992025-06-16 — best price $9.992025-07-24 — best price $1.492025-09-25 — best price $1.492025-10-20 — best price $9.992025-12-03 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-20 — best price $9.992026-05-25 — best price $0.992026-08-01 — best price $0.992026-08-29 — best price $0.992026-09-02 — best price $0.992026-09-06 — best price $0.992026-09-10 — best price $0.992026-09-14 — best price $0.992026-09-18 — best price $0.992026-09-22 — best price $9.992026-09-26 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-04 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-12 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

802026-10-01 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
96.2%
earned "Murderer"
22.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)27,6409%17

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DGoreBloodFunnyIndiePhysicsSandboxViolentBuildingModdable

Census log

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

Recent updates

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