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September 7th

EMIKA_GAMES · 2023-01-06

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

September 7th is an Indie, Simulation game released in 2023, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 3025 reviews).

1
playing now
88%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

September 7th trailer thumbnail

September 7th - Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1 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 5% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 61k–136k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,025 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (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

802026-09-15 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
262Jan 2023Aug 2026Jan 2023 — avg 26 · peak 138Mar 2023 — avg 9 · peak 30May 2023 — avg 8 · peak 36Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 24Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 20Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 48Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 26Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21Jul 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 27Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 30Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 20Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DHorrorLinearCinematicRealisticOld SchoolSimulationAtmosphericExplorationPsychedelic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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