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Prognostic

Steppe Hare Studio · 2022-05-19

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An orphan returns to the house of the deceased fortune-teller to uncover the secret of his family's death. He must accept his legacy and become a prognostic before supernatural madness engulfs people of his town.

95%
positive of 491 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.52
steam price (US)

Prognostic is a first-person detective horror in which player will be able to master a wide range of realistic psychic practices and uncover secrets of the past. You play as a young man whose family died under mysterious circumstances. You are returning to the house of your insane grandmother in order to accept her legacy, become a highly talented medium, a prognostic, and find those who responsible for the death of your parents... If forces that you've conjured will not find you sooner. Playing with the world of shadows comes with a price. Your predecessor, a deceased medium, had returned to(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 21,430 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.8k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 491 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.52-21%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.68 at Steam (2024-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720212026Week of 2021-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$4.682021-10-262026-09-212021-10-26 — best price $5.522022-01-05 — best price $6.992022-05-19 — best price $5.522022-08-01 — best price $6.992022-10-25 — best price $5.522022-12-19 — best price $6.992023-01-30 — best price $5.522023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-05-08 — best price $5.522023-06-26 — best price $6.992023-07-31 — best price $5.522023-09-18 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $5.522024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $5.522024-04-08 — best price $6.992024-06-24 — best price $5.522024-08-12 — best price $6.992024-10-28 — best price $4.682024-12-04 — best price $6.992024-12-19 — best price $5.522025-02-03 — best price $6.992025-03-24 — best price $5.522025-05-12 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $5.522025-08-18 — best price $6.992025-11-03 — best price $5.522026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $5.522026-04-06 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $5.522026-08-17 — best price $6.992026-09-21 — best price $5.52
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
81.9%
earned "Neophyte"
26.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)35823%16

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DIndieHorrorPuzzleAdventureRealisticStory RichAtmosphericExplorationEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.