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Receiver

Wolfire Games · 2013-04-29

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 29, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 29, 2013 (Linux), Apr 29, 2013 (Mac)

Receiver was created for the 7-day FPS challenge to explore gun handling mechanics, randomized levels, and unordered storytelling. Armed only with a handgun and an audio cassette player, you must uncover the secrets of the Mindkill in a building complex infested with automated turrets and hovering shock drones.

5
playing now
80%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Receiver is a 2012 first-person shooter video game developed by Wolfire Games. The game attempts to portray realistic gun mechanics through a unique reloading system, where each step of reloading is assigned a different button. The player scavenges items and audio tapes which reveal the story in a procedurally generated world.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (129 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 10,830 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 167k–335k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,187 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2020-04-08) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11211220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-06 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-05-13 — best price $1.492015-08-28 — best price $1.992015-11-02 — best price $4.992016-01-15 — best price $1.992016-05-20 — best price $4.992016-09-22 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $1.992017-01-26 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-05-10 — best price $1.992018-09-13 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-01-24 — best price $4.992019-06-25 — best price $1.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-15 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $4.992020-05-21 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $3.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-01-06 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-04-15 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4342026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-03 — 19 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-15 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 16 pageviews2026-06-24 — 19 pageviews2026-06-27 — 24 pageviews2026-06-30 — 43 pageviews2026-07-03 — 29 pageviews2026-07-06 — 17 pageviews2026-07-09 — 12 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-15 — 16 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 11 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 14 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-20 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 6 pageviews2026-08-26 — 11 pageviews2026-08-28 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

FPSIndieActionHorrorShooterAbstractTacticalDifficultRealisticRogue-like

Census log

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

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