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Purgation

Arttu Tuovinen · Michael Callaghan · 2017-10-06

Steam

ViolentGoreIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 06, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You awake gradually. You are in a dark cell. You are drifting in and out of consciousness between bouts of violent hallucinations. You are physically weak and have no memory of who you are or why you are here. You are alone and you are scared, very scared. The voices in your head tell you that you should be.

Purgation is a free-to-play Indie game released in 2017 with genres including Violent and Gore, estimated to have 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (76% of 25 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-07

76%
positive of 25 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 64% of 237 Violent games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudFamily Sharing

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