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Slender: The Arrival cover art

Slender: The Arrival

Blue Isle Studios · Blue Isle Publishing · 2013-10-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 22, 2015 (Wii U), Mar 26, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 24, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Oct 13, 2021 (Android), Mar 26, 2013 (Mac), Sep 24, 2014 (PlayStation 3)

Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

7
playing now
88%
positive of 9.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (63 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Slender: The Arrival is a 2013 survival horror game developed by Blue Isle Studios and Parsec Productions. It is based on the Slender Man, a creepypasta character created by Eric Knudsen, and is a sequel to Parsec Productions's Slender: The Eight Pages (2012). The game revolves around a young woman who ventures into the woods to investigate the disappearance of her childhood best friend. Equipped only with a flashlight, the player explores abandoned locations and completes objectives while avoiding the Slender Man and his proxies.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 233 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 374k–748k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,348 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-12-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 16 of 32 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38338320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-08-11 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-292015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-09-18 — best price $2.992015-12-03 — best price $9.992016-02-22 — best price $1.992016-05-08 — best price $3.392016-08-24 — best price $4.992016-11-22 — best price $4.992017-01-22 — best price $3.492017-06-22 — best price $2.492017-10-26 — best price $2.492018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-04-02 — best price $9.992018-10-29 — best price $2.492019-01-21 — best price $9.992019-07-10 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-04-29 — best price $9.992020-10-23 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-04-01 — best price $9.992022-11-01 — best price $9.992023-03-31 — best price $9.992023-10-27 — best price $13.992023-12-15 — best price $13.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-07-05 — best price $19.992024-10-28 — best price $9.992024-12-13 — best price $10.002025-02-24 — best price $19.992025-04-30 — best price $19.992025-07-25 — best price $10.002025-11-03 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-04-01 — best price $19.992026-07-16 — best price $7.992026-08-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

430832026-05-31 — 430 pageviews2026-06-03 — 244 pageviews2026-06-06 — 135 pageviews2026-06-09 — 239 pageviews2026-06-12 — 217 pageviews2026-06-15 — 157 pageviews2026-06-18 — 132 pageviews2026-06-21 — 126 pageviews2026-06-24 — 144 pageviews2026-06-27 — 127 pageviews2026-06-30 — 123 pageviews2026-07-03 — 148 pageviews2026-07-06 — 149 pageviews2026-07-09 — 110 pageviews2026-07-12 — 124 pageviews2026-07-15 — 95 pageviews2026-07-18 — 98 pageviews2026-07-21 — 103 pageviews2026-07-24 — 125 pageviews2026-07-27 — 160 pageviews2026-07-30 — 123 pageviews2026-08-02 — 94 pageviews2026-08-05 — 95 pageviews2026-08-08 — 115 pageviews2026-08-11 — 115 pageviews2026-08-14 — 103 pageviews2026-08-17 — 90 pageviews2026-08-20 — 104 pageviews2026-08-23 — 122 pageviews2026-08-26 — 101 pageviews2026-08-28 — 98 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
44.7%
earned "Fearless Fun"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,8736%21
Xbox One (Xbox)8,9807%20
PS4 (PlayStation)7,0735%20
PS4 (PlayStation)5,5616%20
PS3 (PlayStation)4,7037%20
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,9638%20
PS5 (PlayStation)72322%21
Xbox Series (Xbox)49717%20
Switch (Nintendo)520%0

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

Player tags

DarkIndieActionHorrorSurvivalAdventureDifficultOpen WorldAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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