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SIMULACRA cover art

SIMULACRA

Kaigan Games OÜ · 2017-10-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Dec 03, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Dec 03, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 26, 2017 (Mac), Oct 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 03, 2019 (Xbox One), Oct 26, 2017 (iOS)

An interactive horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

SIMULACRA is an Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (90% of 4680 reviews).

11
playing now
90%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
4.11★
PlayStation Store rating (273 ratings)
3.5h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Simulacra is a 2017 detective-horror game developed and published by Malaysian video game developer Kaigan Games. It was released for the Windows, iOS, Android, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.

Trailer

SIMULACRA trailer thumbnail

Simulacra Gameplay Trailer

≈367,144 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 170 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 29,063 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 117k–281k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,680 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99
Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GameBillet (2022-11-23) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 26 of 83 observed days · $4.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11211220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3552026-09-15 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 35 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 26 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
370Oct 2017Aug 2026Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 22 · peak 86Apr 2018 — avg 10 · peak 32Jul 2018 — avg 12 · peak 36Oct 2018 — avg 34 · peak 127Jan 2019 — avg 10 · peak 26Apr 2019 — avg 10 · peak 34Jul 2019 — avg 6 · peak 17Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 25Jan 2020 — avg 13 · peak 60Apr 2020 — avg 32 · peak 85Jul 2020 — avg 13 · peak 35Oct 2020 — avg 11 · peak 38Jan 2021 — avg 11 · peak 29Apr 2021 — avg 37 · peak 107Jul 2021 — avg 24 · peak 65Oct 2021 — avg 13 · peak 33Jan 2022 — avg 16 · peak 40Apr 2022 — avg 11 · peak 31Jul 2022 — avg 21 · peak 64Oct 2022 — avg 15 · peak 132Jan 2023 — avg 14 · peak 32Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 29Jul 2023 — avg 11 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 21Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 28Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 26Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 22Jan 2025 — avg 28 · peak 189Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.742017-10-272026-10-152017-10-27 — best price $4.992019-04-30 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-09-28 — best price $4.992021-03-01 — best price $4.992021-05-07 — best price $4.492021-06-07 — best price $4.992021-09-07 — best price $4.992021-10-18 — best price $4.492022-01-06 — best price $4.492022-04-13 — best price $1.692022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-08-19 — best price $4.992022-10-17 — best price $4.382022-11-23 — best price $0.742023-01-11 — best price $4.082023-02-24 — best price $4.392023-04-10 — best price $0.992023-07-05 — best price $3.662023-09-25 — best price $3.492023-11-29 — best price $4.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-05-02 — best price $3.662024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-08-27 — best price $3.662024-11-14 — best price $4.492025-02-27 — best price $0.992025-05-01 — best price $4.492025-07-26 — best price $3.662025-09-29 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-04-11 — best price $4.992026-08-27 — best price $4.992026-09-08 — best price $4.992026-09-20 — best price $0.992026-10-02 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

84222026-05-29 — 36 pageviews2026-06-02 — 45 pageviews2026-06-06 — 45 pageviews2026-06-10 — 45 pageviews2026-06-14 — 54 pageviews2026-06-18 — 34 pageviews2026-06-22 — 53 pageviews2026-06-26 — 33 pageviews2026-06-30 — 36 pageviews2026-07-04 — 65 pageviews2026-07-08 — 36 pageviews2026-07-12 — 42 pageviews2026-07-16 — 37 pageviews2026-07-20 — 29 pageviews2026-07-24 — 32 pageviews2026-07-28 — 39 pageviews2026-08-01 — 32 pageviews2026-08-05 — 41 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-13 — 31 pageviews2026-08-17 — 30 pageviews2026-08-21 — 44 pageviews2026-08-25 — 40 pageviews2026-08-29 — 84 pageviews2026-09-02 — 22 pageviews2026-09-06 — 41 pageviews2026-09-10 — 42 pageviews2026-09-14 — 46 pageviews2026-09-18 — 39 pageviews2026-09-22 — 61 pageviews2026-09-26 — 57 pageviews2026-09-30 — 33 pageviews2026-10-04 — 33 pageviews2026-10-07 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
82.7%
earned "You've got Mail"
24.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,83411%24
PS4 (PlayStation)1,01041%25
Xbox One (Xbox)50819%24
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

FMVHorrorPuzzleSci-fiThrillerDetectiveSimulationStory RichAtmosphericVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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