The Game Census
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STAY

Appnormals Team · 2018-05-16

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 16, 2018 (Mac), Sep 12, 2018 (PlayStation Vita), Sep 12, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Sep 12, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 30, 2018 (Xbox One)

Award-winning, innovative puzzle-adventure. By communicating through your PC, you must help a kidnapped man escape captivity - in real-time. While you sleep, he is alone. When you return to your PC he has hope. Your encouragement and advice will be the difference between his salvation or despair.

0
playing now
68%
positive of 568 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 39% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 568 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.04 at Steam (2021-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days · $10.95 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$100.00$1.042018-04-202026-08-272018-04-20 — best price $100.002018-07-26 — best price $11.992018-10-30 — best price $7.792018-12-18 — best price $8.392019-02-13 — best price $11.992019-05-10 — best price $8.392019-07-09 — best price $11.992019-09-12 — best price $11.992019-11-18 — best price $11.992020-01-01 — best price $11.992020-02-06 — best price $4.802020-04-06 — best price $4.792020-05-22 — best price $4.192020-06-15 — best price $11.992020-08-06 — best price $3.602020-09-24 — best price $11.992020-11-25 — best price $3.592020-12-25 — best price $3.592021-02-11 — best price $5.752021-03-26 — best price $11.992021-06-05 — best price $11.992021-08-07 — best price $11.992021-09-25 — best price $11.992021-11-21 — best price $11.992021-12-22 — best price $1.042022-02-14 — best price $2.892022-06-10 — best price $2.402022-08-14 — best price $2.912022-10-25 — best price $2.992022-12-23 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $11.992023-07-03 — best price $10.782023-08-30 — best price $1.202024-05-13 — best price $1.192025-04-21 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $2.392026-08-27 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
76.2%
earned "Light High"
30.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)5186%31
Steam (Steam)3773%31
PS Vita (PlayStation)29666%28
PS4 (PlayStation)28613%28
PS Vita (PlayStation)27967%28
PS Vita (PlayStation)25375%28
Steam (Steam)20319%20
PS4 (PlayStation)17313%28
PS4 (PlayStation)3520%28
Switch (Nintendo)220%0
Steam (Steam)1233%7
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

DarkIndieHorrorPuzzleThrillerAdventureStory RichAtmosphericVisual NovelPsychological

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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