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SIMULACRA 3

Kaigan Games · Soft Source · 2022-10-25

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IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 25, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The town of Stonecreek is haunted. People keep disappearing into thin air, leaving nothing but an eerie symbol behind. With the townsfolk gripped with fear, use a missing victim's phone to unlock the truth in the third entry of the acclaimed horror series, SIMULACRA.

SIMULACRA 3 is a 2022 Indie and Simulation game priced at $9.99, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners, with a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 367 reviews).

1
playing now
59%
positive of 367 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 10h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

The once charming town of Stonecreek has seen better days. People are vanishing into thin air, leaving nothing behind but strange symbols where they were last seen. With the police baffled and the populace terrified, rumors swirl that it is the doing of the Beldam, the ghost of a witch that once haunted the streets of Stonecreek. You are the intern at the local paper, tasked with assisting the town’s star journalist, Ruby Myers, on her investigation into the disappearances. Your only lead is the phone of the missing Paul Castillo, a software developer, an amateur historian of the town, and on(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 49,580 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.3k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 367 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2026-03-02) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 43 of 79 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
454520222026Week of 2022-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$3.492022-10-252026-10-142022-10-25 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $8.992023-03-06 — best price $9.992023-05-31 — best price $9.992023-08-07 — best price $7.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-02-26 — best price $6.492024-04-25 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-09-09 — best price $4.992024-10-03 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-11-26 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-01-13 — best price $4.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-03-08 — best price $9.992025-04-03 — best price $3.992025-05-07 — best price $3.992025-06-13 — best price $9.992025-07-24 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-12-17 — best price $9.992026-03-02 — best price $3.492026-04-14 — best price $3.492026-05-14 — best price $9.992026-06-17 — best price $9.992026-08-12 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $9.992026-09-04 — best price $9.992026-09-09 — best price $9.992026-09-14 — best price $3.992026-09-19 — best price $3.992026-09-24 — best price $3.992026-09-29 — best price $3.992026-10-04 — best price $3.992026-10-09 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
80.5%
earned "Welcome to Stonecreek"
44.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-10-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22814%24

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

Player tags

FMVHeistHorrorPuzzleHackingDetectiveControllerStory RichImmersive SimInvestigation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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