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Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation cover art

Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation

James Patton · Clockwork Bird · 2021-04-20

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 20, 2021 (Mac), Apr 20, 2021 (Linux), Apr 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It’s 2065, and you are an interrogator-model android tasked with rooting out deviants among your own kind. You must probe for lies, monitor and exploit emotional spikes, earn the trust of your subjects, and make the final call: release, or destroy?

1
playing now
94%
positive of 256 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Androids may dream of electric sheep,but perhaps they dream of so much more. Silicon Dreams is a game of conversation and interrogation; trust and betrayal. It’s the future. Everyone has an android: a realistic robot servant. But what happens when those servants disobey, or become a bit too independent? It’s your job to interview those malfunctioning androids and decide what to do with them. You’ll gain their trust, learn their secrets and come to understand their lives - their struggles in a world that treats them as devices to be consumed. You’ll analyze and manipulate their emotions to g(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38 reviews).
  • · Top 51% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.1k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 256 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.02-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at IndieGala Store (2025-09-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 73 of 100 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820212026Week of 2021-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$2.242021-04-202026-08-202021-04-20 — best price $13.492022-06-23 — best price $11.242023-03-16 — best price $9.742023-07-19 — best price $14.992023-10-16 — best price $5.622023-11-22 — best price $10.492023-12-25 — best price $6.062024-01-23 — best price $13.392024-02-21 — best price $14.992024-03-18 — best price $5.252024-04-18 — best price $6.752024-05-28 — best price $11.242024-06-27 — best price $8.492024-07-29 — best price $14.992024-08-19 — best price $5.632024-09-24 — best price $11.802024-11-01 — best price $5.842024-12-03 — best price $13.392025-01-20 — best price $4.382025-02-26 — best price $14.992025-03-31 — best price $14.992025-05-12 — best price $4.202025-06-17 — best price $11.242025-07-25 — best price $3.302025-08-26 — best price $14.992025-10-01 — best price $7.492025-11-11 — best price $11.892025-12-04 — best price $14.992025-12-29 — best price $14.992026-02-03 — best price $4.502026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-04-16 — best price $4.492026-05-18 — best price $3.742026-07-06 — best price $3.742026-08-17 — best price $3.082026-08-20 — best price $12.02
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
53.7%
earned "Spick and span"
15.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

Sci-fiAdventureCyberpunkDetectiveEmotionalPoliticalDystopian FuturisticStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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