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Prey

Arkane Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 2017-05-04

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

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.

358
playing now
91%
positive of 54k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13
twitch viewers (latest)
76/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (693 ratings)
29h
to beat · rushed 16h · completionist 37h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

358 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 358 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 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 54,425 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$5.16-83%
GOG$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 136 of 138 observed days · $2.76 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

9092452026-08-06 21:00 — 400 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 246 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 392 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 463 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 334 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 567 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 676 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 439 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 729 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 792 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 375 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 547 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 610 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 338 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 556 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 539 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 298 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 502 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 656 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 299 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 323 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 460 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 328 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 369 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 422 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 324 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 245 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 378 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 358 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$73.79$2.402016-06-212026-08-302016-06-21 — best price $73.792017-06-27 — best price $59.992017-11-03 — best price $33.952018-03-28 — best price $16.982018-07-19 — best price $8.472018-09-24 — best price $50.992019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-06-24 — best price $14.992019-11-02 — best price $11.252020-01-19 — best price $28.272020-04-13 — best price $14.992020-07-10 — best price $29.992020-09-05 — best price $25.192020-11-01 — best price $26.882021-01-06 — best price $22.792021-03-17 — best price $29.992021-07-23 — best price $11.992021-11-01 — best price $13.192022-03-02 — best price $15.572022-06-22 — best price $29.992022-10-01 — best price $29.992023-01-24 — best price $9.992023-05-02 — best price $6.992023-07-27 — best price $6.992023-12-24 — best price $2.992024-05-01 — best price $5.242024-09-18 — best price $5.992025-02-07 — best price $2.402025-06-04 — best price $5.992025-10-23 — best price $26.132026-02-06 — best price $26.092026-04-20 — best price $21.242026-07-26 — best price $26.092026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k4182026-05-29 — 597 pageviews2026-06-01 — 521 pageviews2026-06-04 — 447 pageviews2026-06-07 — 649 pageviews2026-06-10 — 451 pageviews2026-06-13 — 461 pageviews2026-06-16 — 795 pageviews2026-06-19 — 448 pageviews2026-06-22 — 475 pageviews2026-06-25 — 457 pageviews2026-06-28 — 554 pageviews2026-07-01 — 825 pageviews2026-07-04 — 569 pageviews2026-07-07 — 855 pageviews2026-07-10 — 562 pageviews2026-07-13 — 578 pageviews2026-07-16 — 596 pageviews2026-07-19 — 706 pageviews2026-07-22 — 548 pageviews2026-07-25 — 560 pageviews2026-07-28 — 418 pageviews2026-07-31 — 561 pageviews2026-08-03 — 646 pageviews2026-08-06 — 490 pageviews2026-08-09 — 577 pageviews2026-08-12 — 547 pageviews2026-08-15 — 559 pageviews2026-08-18 — 464 pageviews2026-08-21 — 536 pageviews2026-08-24 — 678 pageviews2026-08-26 — 614 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

55912026-08-26 19:15 — 53 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 46 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 547 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 486 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 465 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 471 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 13 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

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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