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September 7th cover art

September 7th

EMIKA_GAMES · 2023-01-06

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 06, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"September 7th" is a short horror game released for Christmas. The plot of the game is simple to the point of banality, and the gameplay is not delayed.The game also contains some Easter eggs and mentions. The game takes place in 2009.

2
playing now
88%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 220 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 60k–136k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,024 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.58-63%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.83 at Steam (2024-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days · $1.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38838820232026Week of 2023-01-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-11 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.832023-01-072026-08-272023-01-07 — best price $6.992023-03-16 — best price $3.282023-05-06 — best price $2.582023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-09-15 — best price $4.402023-11-02 — best price $6.992023-12-02 — best price $3.982024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $2.092024-04-05 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $1.742024-07-27 — best price $6.992024-10-28 — best price $0.832024-12-04 — best price $6.992025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $1.392025-04-06 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $2.442025-07-25 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $1.742025-11-03 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $1.742026-01-30 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $3.142026-05-01 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $2.582026-07-28 — best price $6.992026-08-27 — best price $2.58
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
97.7%
earned "Hello!"
88.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, German, Greek, Spanish - Spain, French, Polish, Turkish, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,21944%13

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

Player tags

3DHorrorLinearCinematicRealisticOld SchoolSimulationAtmosphericExplorationPsychedelic

Census log

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

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