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Selene ~Apoptosis~

Viscum key · Nupu Neko Dev · 2023-02-17

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Feb 18, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A beautiful stranger appears at your doorstep. Will you let her in? Dive into a captivating nightmare and decide the fates of those around you in this free mystic thriller visual novel.

Selene ~Apoptosis~ is a free-to-play Adventure game released in 2023, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 5641 reviews).

9
playing now
88%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Selene ~Apoptosis~ trailer thumbnail

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≈3,727 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 447 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~56/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
84484420232026Week of 2023-02-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 803 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

922026-09-15 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2905Feb 2023Aug 2026Feb 2023 — avg 290 · peak 662Apr 2023 — avg 48 · peak 144Jun 2023 — avg 29 · peak 52Aug 2023 — avg 22 · peak 45Oct 2023 — avg 18 · peak 39Dec 2023 — avg 18 · peak 39Feb 2024 — avg 17 · peak 33Apr 2024 — avg 13 · peak 27Jun 2024 — avg 14 · peak 27Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 26Oct 2024 — avg 12 · peak 28Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 27Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Aug 2025 — avg 7 · peak 14Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 17Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 17Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

24
achievements tracked
95.5%
earned "Writer's Block"
23.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing3 DLC

14 supported languages: Russian, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Italian, Polish…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2023-02-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,26129%24

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkAnimeHorrorMatureNudityMysteryRomanceViolentThrillerAdventure

Census log

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

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