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POOLS

Tensori · 2024-04-26

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Apr 26, 2024 (SteamVR), Apr 26, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 26, 2024 (Mac), Nov 25, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Nov 25, 2025 (PlayStation VR2), Feb 26, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.

POOLS is an Adventure game released in 2024, priced at $5.87, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 6691 reviews).

11
playing now
95%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12,018
twitch viewers (latest)
12018.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
4.17★
PlayStation Store rating (3,602 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.87
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Pools is a 2024 horror walking simulator developed by Finnish developer Tensori for Windows, macOS, iOS and Linux. It is an interactive adaptation of the liminal space phenomenon "The Poolrooms" by Jared Pike, which gained popularity online since 2022. The game is set in a vast, labyrinthine pool complex.

Trailer

POOLS trailer thumbnail

Pools | Official Trailer | Circle Collective

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,180 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~148/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 134k–301k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,691 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.85-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.89 at Steam (2026-03-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.79 · on sale 74 of 102 observed days · $1.96 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20242026Week of 2024-04-01: 696 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,142 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3372026-09-15 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 23 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 14 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 22 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 23 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 31 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 33 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10116May 2024Aug 2026May 2024 — avg 101 · peak 328Jun 2024 — avg 40 · peak 92Jul 2024 — avg 40 · peak 82Aug 2024 — avg 21 · peak 45Sep 2024 — avg 27 · peak 110Oct 2024 — avg 19 · peak 43Nov 2024 — avg 24 · peak 53Dec 2024 — avg 26 · peak 51Jan 2025 — avg 26 · peak 58Feb 2025 — avg 23 · peak 39Mar 2025 — avg 22 · peak 42Apr 2025 — avg 37 · peak 161May 2025 — avg 29 · peak 65Jun 2025 — avg 31 · peak 68Jul 2025 — avg 27 · peak 52Aug 2025 — avg 19 · peak 39Sep 2025 — avg 16 · peak 34Oct 2025 — avg 19 · peak 47Nov 2025 — avg 22 · peak 56Dec 2025 — avg 29 · peak 62Jan 2026 — avg 27 · peak 53Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 40Mar 2026 — avg 38 · peak 136Apr 2026 — avg 23 · peak 46May 2026 — avg 22 · peak 57Jun 2026 — avg 35 · peak 69Jul 2026 — avg 26 · peak 64Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 49
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.79$4.892024-04-262026-10-152024-04-26 — best price $8.812024-07-29 — best price $9.792024-11-04 — best price $9.792024-12-05 — best price $9.792025-01-14 — best price $7.832025-02-05 — best price $9.792025-03-20 — best price $9.792025-04-27 — best price $9.792025-05-28 — best price $9.792025-06-18 — best price $6.362025-07-25 — best price $7.342025-08-26 — best price $6.362025-09-25 — best price $7.342025-10-09 — best price $6.362025-11-05 — best price $6.362025-12-08 — best price $6.362026-01-05 — best price $9.792026-02-12 — best price $6.362026-03-11 — best price $6.362026-04-09 — best price $7.852026-04-23 — best price $7.952026-05-27 — best price $7.342026-07-09 — best price $9.792026-08-21 — best price $5.872026-08-29 — best price $7.952026-09-03 — best price $7.952026-09-08 — best price $7.952026-09-13 — best price $9.792026-09-18 — best price $6.852026-09-23 — best price $6.852026-09-28 — best price $6.852026-10-03 — best price $6.852026-10-08 — best price $9.792026-10-13 — best price $6.852026-10-15 — best price $6.85
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

470722026-05-29 — 281 pageviews2026-06-02 — 434 pageviews2026-06-06 — 313 pageviews2026-06-10 — 318 pageviews2026-06-14 — 197 pageviews2026-06-18 — 215 pageviews2026-06-22 — 470 pageviews2026-06-26 — 184 pageviews2026-06-30 — 147 pageviews2026-07-04 — 141 pageviews2026-07-08 — 157 pageviews2026-07-12 — 178 pageviews2026-07-16 — 204 pageviews2026-07-20 — 262 pageviews2026-07-24 — 175 pageviews2026-07-28 — 178 pageviews2026-08-01 — 175 pageviews2026-08-05 — 167 pageviews2026-08-09 — 137 pageviews2026-08-13 — 102 pageviews2026-08-17 — 102 pageviews2026-08-21 — 135 pageviews2026-08-25 — 134 pageviews2026-08-29 — 133 pageviews2026-09-02 — 107 pageviews2026-09-06 — 170 pageviews2026-09-10 — 97 pageviews2026-09-14 — 95 pageviews2026-09-18 — 82 pageviews2026-09-22 — 76 pageviews2026-09-26 — 125 pageviews2026-09-30 — 181 pageviews2026-10-04 — 186 pageviews2026-10-07 — 108 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
73.7%
earned "#1"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

29 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-05-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,75610%24
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)68142%25
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

3DIndieSurrealRelaxingAdventureImmersiveNonlinearRealisticMinimalistAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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