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Sickness cover art

Sickness

Zetsubou · Unwonted Studios · 2016-01-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 20, 2016 (Linux), Jan 20, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 20, 2016 (Mac)

Sickness is a visual novel centering around Suoh Tesla, an amoral high school student whose life is rapidly deteriorating. Following the deaths of his parents, a brief stay in the hospital, and the emergence of his “Sickness”, his daily life quickly devolves from carefree school days to a life of crime.

90%
positive of 144 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 17,123 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 144 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2017-06-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2016-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.492016-01-202026-07-092016-01-20 — best price $13.492016-05-09 — best price $14.992016-08-29 — best price $9.742016-11-14 — best price $14.992016-12-22 — best price $4.492017-03-30 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $2.492018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-05-14 — best price $2.492018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-10-30 — best price $2.492018-11-28 — best price $9.992019-01-24 — best price $2.492019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-03 — best price $2.492020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $2.492021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $2.492021-08-30 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $2.492022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $2.492022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $3.192024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
23.1%
earned "Bleed the lizard"
18.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

DarkAnimeIndieActionComedyHorrorViolentThrillerAdventureSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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