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Purpose 1951

Tonguç Bodur · 2024-04-04

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 04, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 16, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 16, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

"Purpose 1951" is an almost pure walking simulator set in the United States of 1951. You play as a retired doctor whose life falls apart.

74%
positive of 53 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2.81★
PlayStation Store rating (86 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 27,468 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99
Microsoft Store$3.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 36 of 39 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420242026Week of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$0.742024-03-292026-10-082024-03-29 — best price $2.992024-04-30 — best price $2.392024-06-06 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-08-05 — best price $1.942024-09-19 — best price $1.792024-11-21 — best price $2.992024-12-12 — best price $1.792025-01-09 — best price $2.992025-02-20 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-05-01 — best price $0.892025-06-27 — best price $0.742025-07-11 — best price $0.742025-07-25 — best price $2.992025-09-04 — best price $1.492025-09-29 — best price $0.742025-11-03 — best price $2.992025-12-11 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-01-30 — best price $2.992026-02-19 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-05-07 — best price $1.492026-06-04 — best price $1.492026-06-25 — best price $1.942026-07-30 — best price $2.992026-09-07 — best price $2.992026-09-22 — best price $6.992026-10-06 — best price $3.492026-10-08 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

DramaIndieShortLinearNatureMysteryRelaxingAdventureEmotionalNarration

Census log

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

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