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Prey

Arkane Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 2017-05-04

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 18, 2017 (Xbox One), May 04, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 05, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.

Prey is an Action, Adventure game released in 2017, priced at $29.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive (91% of 54685 reviews) sentiment.

191
playing now
91%
positive of 55k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (693 ratings)
14
Nexus mods (9.7k downloads)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (17,701 ratings)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 76% recommend · from 167 critics
29h
to beat · rushed 16h · completionist 37h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

191 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Prey is a 2017 first-person shooter immersive sim video game developed by Arkane Austin and published by Bethesda Softworks. It occurs in an alternate timeline in which mankind has taken to orbital stations following an accelerated Space Race. The player plays as Morgan Yu, a member of a scientific team aboard the space station Talos I researching the Typhon, a hostile alien force with both physical and psychic powers. As the Typhon escapes confinement, the player uses various weapons and abilities to survive, progressing to end the alien outbreak and ultimately escape Talos I. The player gradually gains access to areas of Talos I through linear mission progression until they can explore the station freely, acquiring key items and abilities along the way.

Trailer

Prey trailer thumbnail

Prey | Official Trailer | Hulu

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 191 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,679 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~210/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 54,865 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$5.16-83%
GOG$5.99-80%
Steam$5.99-80%
GOG$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.40 at Humble Store (2025-02-07) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 172 of 174 observed days · $3.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
98598520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 985 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 613 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4681452026-09-15 12:00 — 217 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 297 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 216 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 307 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 454 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 222 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 194 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 314 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 221 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 267 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 288 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 196 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 145 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 272 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 375 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 195 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 335 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 316 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 199 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 340 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 468 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 212 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 191 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.1k202May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 7,144 · peak 24,594Aug 2017 — avg 1,381 · peak 4,339Nov 2017 — avg 756 · peak 2,445Feb 2018 — avg 672 · peak 1,598May 2018 — avg 449 · peak 986Aug 2018 — avg 1,107 · peak 3,169Nov 2018 — avg 536 · peak 1,270Feb 2019 — avg 486 · peak 1,061May 2019 — avg 374 · peak 737Aug 2019 — avg 1,325 · peak 3,631Nov 2019 — avg 479 · peak 1,090Feb 2020 — avg 509 · peak 1,054May 2020 — avg 494 · peak 913Aug 2020 — avg 777 · peak 1,784Nov 2020 — avg 444 · peak 1,192Feb 2021 — avg 418 · peak 837May 2021 — avg 402 · peak 781Aug 2021 — avg 585 · peak 1,459Nov 2021 — avg 372 · peak 939Feb 2022 — avg 461 · peak 916May 2022 — avg 332 · peak 652Aug 2022 — avg 469 · peak 1,263Nov 2022 — avg 401 · peak 822Feb 2023 — avg 394 · peak 797May 2023 — avg 384 · peak 791Aug 2023 — avg 384 · peak 812Nov 2023 — avg 760 · peak 2,428Feb 2024 — avg 393 · peak 777May 2024 — avg 300 · peak 567Aug 2024 — avg 423 · peak 891Nov 2024 — avg 340 · peak 728Feb 2025 — avg 292 · peak 541May 2025 — avg 394 · peak 859Aug 2025 — avg 349 · peak 679Nov 2025 — avg 262 · peak 560Feb 2026 — avg 291 · peak 624May 2026 — avg 300 · peak 557Aug 2026 — avg 401 · peak 908
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
19192026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 19 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 13 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 10 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 9 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 8 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 7 new positive2026-10-09: 11 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 15 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 17 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$73.79$2.992016-06-212026-10-142016-06-21 — best price $73.792017-06-26 — best price $59.992017-11-01 — best price $34.952018-03-23 — best price $35.992018-07-12 — best price $29.992018-09-15 — best price $29.992018-12-06 — best price $14.992019-04-19 — best price $19.992019-10-15 — best price $29.992020-01-01 — best price $23.862020-03-09 — best price $29.992020-06-20 — best price $21.992020-08-20 — best price $14.992020-10-13 — best price $39.992020-12-06 — best price $26.882021-02-12 — best price $27.892021-05-28 — best price $25.532021-09-23 — best price $39.992021-12-21 — best price $29.992022-04-28 — best price $6.992022-08-06 — best price $7.502022-11-18 — best price $6.292023-03-13 — best price $6.452023-05-26 — best price $29.992023-09-22 — best price $7.492024-02-11 — best price $21.242024-06-18 — best price $29.992024-10-19 — best price $29.992025-03-07 — best price $29.992025-06-18 — best price $5.992025-11-16 — best price $29.992026-02-18 — best price $26.132026-05-11 — best price $26.092026-07-29 — best price $25.382026-09-18 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.4k4182026-05-29 — 597 pageviews2026-06-02 — 444 pageviews2026-06-06 — 573 pageviews2026-06-10 — 451 pageviews2026-06-14 — 519 pageviews2026-06-18 — 532 pageviews2026-06-22 — 475 pageviews2026-06-26 — 492 pageviews2026-06-30 — 946 pageviews2026-07-04 — 569 pageviews2026-07-08 — 672 pageviews2026-07-12 — 679 pageviews2026-07-16 — 596 pageviews2026-07-20 — 705 pageviews2026-07-24 — 572 pageviews2026-07-28 — 418 pageviews2026-08-01 — 451 pageviews2026-08-05 — 569 pageviews2026-08-09 — 577 pageviews2026-08-13 — 540 pageviews2026-08-17 — 510 pageviews2026-08-21 — 536 pageviews2026-08-25 — 547 pageviews2026-08-29 — 656 pageviews2026-09-02 — 817 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1,395 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1,073 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1,006 pageviews2026-09-18 — 668 pageviews2026-09-22 — 721 pageviews2026-09-26 — 543 pageviews2026-09-30 — 508 pageviews2026-10-04 — 569 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1,016 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

82002026-09-30 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-01 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 123 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 820 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 84 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 322 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 10 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
82.2%
earned "Know Thy Self"
11.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesSave AnytimeStereo SoundSurround SoundSteam CloudRemote Play on TV2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-06-10, latest 2022-04-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)60,9752%58
PS4 (PlayStation)49,2252%59
Xbox One (Xbox)38,9441%58
Windows (Xbox)4,4351%58

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

FPSSpaceActionAliensHorrorSci-fiStealthFuturisticStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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