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SIMULACRA cover art

SIMULACRA

Kaigan Games OÜ · 2017-10-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

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.

8
playing now
90%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
3.5h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 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 13% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 117k–281k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,678 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 20 of 46 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

1512026-08-07 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.742017-10-272026-08-302017-10-27 — best price $4.992019-04-08 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-05-25 — best price $4.992020-11-02 — best price $4.992021-03-13 — best price $4.992021-05-07 — best price $4.492021-06-04 — best price $3.582021-07-20 — best price $4.992021-10-05 — best price $4.492021-11-02 — best price $4.492022-01-28 — best price $3.662022-04-13 — best price $1.692022-05-26 — best price $4.492022-08-13 — best price $4.242022-09-06 — best price $4.992022-11-01 — best price $1.002022-12-05 — best price $0.992023-01-11 — best price $4.082023-02-17 — best price $0.952023-03-22 — best price $4.402023-06-26 — best price $4.992023-07-17 — best price $3.492023-10-03 — best price $4.992023-11-29 — best price $4.492024-02-19 — best price $4.992024-04-26 — best price $4.992024-06-04 — best price $3.662024-07-21 — best price $3.662024-09-03 — best price $4.492024-11-14 — best price $4.492025-01-27 — best price $4.992025-04-21 — best price $4.992025-06-07 — best price $3.662025-08-15 — best price $4.992025-10-09 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-03 — best price $0.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

75292026-05-29 — 36 pageviews2026-06-01 — 46 pageviews2026-06-04 — 45 pageviews2026-06-07 — 50 pageviews2026-06-10 — 45 pageviews2026-06-13 — 31 pageviews2026-06-16 — 42 pageviews2026-06-19 — 33 pageviews2026-06-22 — 53 pageviews2026-06-25 — 30 pageviews2026-06-28 — 46 pageviews2026-07-01 — 54 pageviews2026-07-04 — 65 pageviews2026-07-07 — 75 pageviews2026-07-10 — 36 pageviews2026-07-13 — 45 pageviews2026-07-16 — 37 pageviews2026-07-19 — 42 pageviews2026-07-22 — 34 pageviews2026-07-25 — 33 pageviews2026-07-28 — 39 pageviews2026-07-31 — 38 pageviews2026-08-03 — 54 pageviews2026-08-06 — 31 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-12 — 38 pageviews2026-08-15 — 41 pageviews2026-08-18 — 36 pageviews2026-08-21 — 44 pageviews2026-08-24 — 34 pageviews2026-08-26 — 34 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.

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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