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Sentience

Red Meat Games · 2021-03-25

Steam

ActionFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 25, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sentience is a multiplayer team hide and seek game set in a sci-fi dystopian world. Work together to take down the system or put a stop to the newly sentient resistance.

Sentience is a 2021 Action Free To Play Early Access game that is free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive (74% of 115 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
73%
positive of 116 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

In Sentience, you must become the hunter or the hunted in this multiplayer stealth title. Use your intelligence and blend in with the AI to make your escape. Or, keep your eyes peeled for AI acting strangely to uphold the status quo.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (37 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $7.19 at Steam (2025-07-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220212026Week of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
15.4%
earned "On Duty"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DFPSActionRobotsStealthStrategySurvivalControllerDystopian Team-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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