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SEPTEMBER 1999 cover art

SEPTEMBER 1999

98DEMAKE · 2018-10-10

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 10, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 10, 2018 (Mac)

A free, VHS styled, first-person found footage horror game, which runs exactly for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

0
playing now
84%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
0.1h
to beat · rushed 0.1h · completionist 0.1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 146 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34634620182026Week of 2018-10-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

DarkGoreIndieShortHorrorAtmosphericMultiplayerFirst-PersonFree to PlaySingleplayer

Census log

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

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