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Something Strange

Ethan Zimmerle · Mr. Hand · 2022-05-31

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 31, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Go about your normal every day life and meet new friends in this short visual novel!

88%
positive of 51 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 82% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 29,427 Adventure games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2023-04-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220222026Week of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.99$0.002022-05-312025-06-052022-05-31 — best price $0.742022-06-07 — best price $0.992023-04-03 — best price $0.492023-04-10 — best price $0.992023-06-29 — best price $0.492023-07-13 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.752024-03-21 — best price $0.992024-06-27 — best price $0.752024-07-11 — best price $0.992024-10-28 — best price $0.752024-11-04 — best price $0.992025-06-05 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2DDarkIndieCasualHorrorAdventureText-BasedSingleplayerVisual NovelPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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