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Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror cover art

Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Glitchy Pixel · 2014-10-20

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 01, 2014 (Mac), Sep 01, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 01, 2014 (Linux), Jul 21, 2015 (PlayStation 4)

Have you ever wondered what it feels to be a ghostly being? Watch them run and scream, scaring them using your intelligence, wit, and with the use of powers like possessions, spectres, altering objects and more. Have fun and play with the occult... and become a Poltergeist!

Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror is a Casual and Indie game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 48 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 48 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
3.92★
PlayStation Store rating (386 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 29,120 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $1.79 at GamersGate (2022-02-07) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320142026Week of 2014-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.792015-01-012022-11-212015-01-01 — best price $7.192015-06-11 — best price $3.992015-10-29 — best price $5.352015-11-25 — best price $3.192015-12-01 — best price $7.992015-12-22 — best price $3.192016-02-12 — best price $7.192016-10-28 — best price $2.392016-11-23 — best price $3.192016-12-22 — best price $3.192017-06-22 — best price $3.192017-10-26 — best price $2.392017-11-22 — best price $2.392017-12-21 — best price $2.392020-06-25 — best price $3.192021-02-11 — best price $2.392021-06-24 — best price $7.192021-11-24 — best price $2.392021-12-22 — best price $2.392022-01-27 — best price $2.392022-02-07 — best price $1.792022-03-24 — best price $1.792022-04-25 — best price $1.792022-05-26 — best price $1.792022-06-20 — best price $1.792022-06-27 — best price $7.992022-07-28 — best price $2.392022-08-18 — best price $2.392022-09-19 — best price $2.392022-09-29 — best price $2.392022-10-25 — best price $3.192022-11-14 — best price $2.392022-11-21 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
95.7%
earned "Henry's Back!"
19.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

IndieCasualHorrorPuzzlePixel Graphics

Census log

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

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