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Self-Delusion

RollingBread · RollingBreadGames · 2022-08-17

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 17, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 31, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 31, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Oct 31, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 31, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 31, 2024 (Xbox One)

Self-Delusion is a first-person survival horror in the original setting of Slavic fairy tales. You will faces such unique monsters like: Kolobok, Leshy, Boggart, Lapot and other creepy creatures. Explore, hide or run. Just don't get devoured by them.

94%
positive of 98 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.47★
PlayStation Store rating (17 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 49% of 19,707 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 98 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 14 of 16 observed days · $13.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720222026Week of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.992022-08-172026-09-262022-08-17 — best price $8.992022-09-27 — best price $7.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492022-12-22 — best price $6.992023-02-06 — best price $7.492023-03-16 — best price $6.992023-04-10 — best price $6.992023-05-24 — best price $6.692023-06-29 — best price $6.492023-09-02 — best price $6.092023-10-26 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-01-19 — best price $4.892024-03-14 — best price $4.492024-04-06 — best price $4.992024-05-26 — best price $4.892024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-08-31 — best price $5.492024-10-28 — best price $3.492024-11-27 — best price $4.892024-12-20 — best price $3.492025-01-17 — best price $5.492025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-04-17 — best price $4.392025-06-26 — best price $4.792025-10-01 — best price $3.392025-10-27 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-02-06 — best price $3.492026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-08-10 — best price $4.892026-09-19 — best price $14.992026-09-26 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

DarkHorrorMysterySurvivalAdventureDifficultAtmosphericDark FantasyFirst-PersonSupernatural

Census log

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

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