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Polterheist cover art

Polterheist

BisquitPlay · 2017-02-22

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 22, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are a burglar, and you often rob houses at night when the owners are out.

Polterheist is an Action, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $0.79, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (36% of 247 reviews).

0
playing now
35%
positive of 247 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
20/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.79
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 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 down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.2k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 247 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-04-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920172026Week of 2017-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1120Feb 2017Apr 2023Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 21Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 7Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 6Apr 2019 — avg 3 · peak 37Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 20Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 40Jul 2021 — avg 7 · peak 24Nov 2021 — avg 8 · peak 159Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 153May 2022 — avg 7 · peak 65Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 14Jan 2023 — avg 11 · peak 279Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 12Apr 2023 — avg 13 · peak 455

▲ +11 avg players vs prior month — Apr 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.492017-02-232026-08-162017-02-23 — best price $4.492017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-09-14 — best price $1.242017-11-22 — best price $0.492017-12-21 — best price $1.242018-04-25 — best price $0.492018-07-13 — best price $0.492018-11-30 — best price $0.492019-04-21 — best price $0.492019-06-24 — best price $4.992019-08-19 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992020-03-12 — best price $4.992020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-12-30 — best price $0.492021-05-20 — best price $0.492021-07-15 — best price $0.492021-10-30 — best price $0.492021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-05-03 — best price $0.542022-09-10 — best price $0.542022-12-02 — best price $0.492023-01-21 — best price $0.492023-06-03 — best price $0.492023-07-20 — best price $0.492023-11-01 — best price $0.692023-12-22 — best price $0.692024-02-22 — best price $0.692024-04-07 — best price $0.692024-06-27 — best price $0.692024-10-09 — best price $0.692024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-03-03 — best price $0.692025-06-06 — best price $1.492025-07-27 — best price $0.692025-11-07 — best price $0.692026-02-18 — best price $0.992026-04-05 — best price $0.692026-07-03 — best price $0.792026-08-16 — best price $0.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieActionHorrorPhysicsStealthSurvivalAdventureDifficultSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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