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Subject 13 cover art

Subject 13

Paul Cuisset · Microids · 2015-05-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: May 28, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 28, 2015 (Mac), Dec 16, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jan 31, 2017 (Xbox One)

Play as Franklin Fargo, a quiet physics professor who has led a bitter existence ever since his fiancée died in a holdup in which he was supposed to be the victim. One morning, he wakes up in the middle of an abandoned scientific facility. His only link with the outside world is a voice that calls him "Subject 13".

Subject 13 is an Adventure Indie game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 320 reviews).

2
playing now
58%
positive of 320 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
3.24★
PlayStation Store rating (374 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Subject 13 is a point-and-click adventure developed and published by Microids in 2015 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. In 2016, the game was ported to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.0k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 320 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
Microsoft Store$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.28 at GameBillet (2021-01-08) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 96 of 131 observed days · $1.71 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620152026Week of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
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 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.352015-05-262026-10-142015-05-26 — best price $14.132015-11-13 — best price $4.992016-05-13 — best price $19.992016-09-29 — best price $4.892017-04-02 — best price $1.322017-11-22 — best price $8.332018-05-21 — best price $3.002018-11-28 — best price $8.012019-04-25 — best price $1.992019-09-16 — best price $2.992020-01-07 — best price $8.292020-03-16 — best price $1.992020-07-11 — best price $9.992020-09-06 — best price $9.992020-10-27 — best price $6.992021-01-07 — best price $2.492021-03-25 — best price $7.162021-05-21 — best price $0.832021-07-30 — best price $0.352021-10-20 — best price $0.992022-01-03 — best price $0.742022-05-17 — best price $8.382022-10-24 — best price $0.992023-02-21 — best price $9.992023-07-20 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $1.992024-03-19 — best price $1.902024-06-19 — best price $0.992024-09-18 — best price $1.492024-12-29 — best price $1.902025-04-15 — best price $1.992025-08-30 — best price $8.272026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-04-27 — best price $1.992026-09-05 — best price $1.992026-10-10 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-06-01 — 1 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 0 pageviews2026-06-13 — 2 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 3 pageviews2026-06-25 — 2 pageviews2026-06-29 — 1 pageviews2026-07-03 — 2 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 2 pageviews2026-07-19 — 10 pageviews2026-07-23 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 2 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1 pageviews2026-08-20 — 4 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1 pageviews2026-09-05 — 6 pageviews2026-09-09 — 3 pageviews2026-09-13 — 2 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 2 pageviews2026-09-25 — 5 pageviews2026-09-29 — 1 pageviews2026-10-03 — 2 pageviews2026-10-07 — 0 pageviews2026-10-11 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
27.2%
earned "Chapter 1"
9.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,01221%13
Xbox One (Xbox)96323%13
Steam (Steam)74615%8

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

Player tags

IndiePuzzleMysteryAdventureExplorationPoint & Click

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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