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STRANGER

Lost Frame Development · 2022-08-11

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Aug 11, 2022 (SteamVR), Aug 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

STRANGER is a Single-player Survival Thriller Horror Game. Choose your house and difficulty, then survive until dawn. Uncover mysterious truths about the STRANGER. Play on PC or with VR support

66%
positive of 61 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

Make it to 6 am when the police arrive to find yourself uncovering the mystery that lies behind this Stranger.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 56% of 19,876 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 61 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.69 at Steam (2023-10-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720222026Week of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.33$2.692015-01-012026-05-232015-01-01 — best price $7.512015-01-31 — best price $7.452015-03-05 — best price $6.712015-03-24 — best price $6.382015-04-03 — best price $6.392015-04-17 — best price $7.952015-04-24 — best price $6.722015-05-12 — best price $6.532015-07-08 — best price $12.332015-07-25 — best price $5.962016-02-16 — best price $11.132016-03-18 — best price $5.342016-06-24 — best price $10.692017-07-23 — best price $7.082017-11-11 — best price $8.392021-05-04 — best price $8.392022-10-25 — best price $7.492022-12-06 — best price $6.992023-02-06 — best price $7.992023-03-31 — best price $6.492023-06-05 — best price $8.992023-08-14 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $3.142023-12-07 — best price $8.992024-03-11 — best price $6.022024-05-05 — best price $6.022024-06-26 — best price $8.992024-10-28 — best price $3.592024-11-22 — best price $6.022024-12-05 — best price $6.022025-07-02 — best price $5.392025-10-31 — best price $3.592026-03-11 — best price $3.592026-05-23 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam WorkshopStatsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Player tags

VRPvEDarkHorrorMysterySurvivalThrillerImmersiveNonlinearRealistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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