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Spectator

Minechan · 2023-02-06

Steam

ActionCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 07, 2023 (Linux), Feb 07, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 07, 2023 (Mac), Sep 11, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

You are an observer tasked with monitoring surveillance footage for suspicious activity. This innocuous job soon takes a turn for the creepy, as anomalies begin to appear, from moving furniture... to them. Experience a real-time horror straight from horror-filled creepypastas!

Spectator is a 2023 Action, Casual, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $12.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 to 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 166 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 166 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.3k–7.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 166 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.89 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020222026Week of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$3.892022-10-182026-08-032022-10-18 — best price $11.042022-11-22 — best price $10.392022-12-22 — best price $9.742023-02-07 — best price $10.392023-03-16 — best price $9.742023-04-17 — best price $10.392023-05-29 — best price $10.392023-06-30 — best price $9.092023-08-21 — best price $9.482023-10-26 — best price $8.442023-11-21 — best price $6.492023-12-04 — best price $6.492023-12-22 — best price $6.492024-01-15 — best price $6.492024-03-14 — best price $6.492024-05-13 — best price $6.492024-06-27 — best price $6.492024-09-29 — best price $4.932024-11-12 — best price $4.932024-11-27 — best price $4.932024-12-19 — best price $4.932025-01-23 — best price $12.992025-03-02 — best price $12.992025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-04-25 — best price $12.992025-06-08 — best price $12.992025-07-24 — best price $12.992025-09-06 — best price $12.992025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-11-03 — best price $12.992026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-04-20 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-08-03 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
63.5%
earned "Easy Science"
23.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

28 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-02-07 (Steam store data)

Player tags

DarkArcadeCasualHorrorPuzzleSniperStrategySimulationAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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