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Sinister Halloween cover art

Sinister Halloween

Celeritas Games · 2019-10-31

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 31, 2019 (SteamVR), Oct 31, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience Halloween Horror in PC or VR. You go out with your friends, trick or treating, entering haunted attractions, as you make your way to the big party, but this year's holiday of the afterlife brings something sinister.

Sinister Halloween is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $7.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 147 reviews).

83%
positive of 149 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 149 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-03-29) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820182026Week of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992018-11-012026-08-032018-11-01 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-06-14 — best price $2.492021-08-09 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-13 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-04-11 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $2.492022-09-05 — best price $1.492022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-01-20 — best price $2.502023-03-03 — best price $2.502023-06-05 — best price $3.742023-08-18 — best price $3.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-04-22 — best price $2.392024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-10-28 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-05-26 — best price $7.992025-09-08 — best price $2.392025-11-03 — best price $7.992026-01-19 — best price $2.392026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-08-03 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
55.2%
earned "Halloween Horror Festival"
9.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-30 (Steam store data)

Player tags

VRFPSGoreIndieActionHorrorShooterSurvivalAdventureWerewolves

Census log

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

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