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Project Absentia

Waffle Iron Studios · 2026-06-05

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 05, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play as an angel known as Abby in this retro shooter based on flash cartoons and sprite comics of days gone by focused on interactivity, verticality and cool weapons.

Project Absentia is an Action and Indie game released in 2026, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (96% of 77 reviews).

96%
positive of 78 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 27,666 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 78 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2024-09-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020222026Week of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$7.492022-07-292026-06-192022-07-29 — best price $14.992022-09-15 — best price $11.242022-09-22 — best price $14.992022-12-01 — best price $11.242022-12-15 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $10.042023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-09-28 — best price $8.992023-10-04 — best price $14.992023-11-09 — best price $11.242023-11-22 — best price $14.992024-04-15 — best price $11.242024-04-22 — best price $14.992024-06-05 — best price $9.742024-06-12 — best price $14.992024-09-16 — best price $7.492024-09-23 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $9.892024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-20 — best price $9.892025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $11.242025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-05-29 — best price $11.242025-06-12 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $11.242025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-12 — best price $9.892025-09-26 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $9.892025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $9.892026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-01 — best price $19.992026-06-05 — best price $14.992026-06-19 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-03-30 (Steam store data)

Player tags

FPSRetroActionHorrorSatireCartoonShooterCartoonyStylizedStory Rich

Census log

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

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