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Surrogate cover art

Surrogate

Brandon McQuay · Dreamwraith Arts · 2023-10-26

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Visit a surreal world and help a blue girl navigate the perils of paranoia and the intrusion of mysterious beings in her life...

Surrogate is a $0.99 Indie game released in 2023, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Positive sentiment based on 86% of 29 reviews.— census verdict as of 2026-10-07

0
playing now
86%
positive of 29 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 64% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 1 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520232026Week of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.492023-10-262025-11-032023-10-26 — best price $1.792023-11-02 — best price $2.992023-12-22 — best price $1.492024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $2.242024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-04-04 — best price $2.242024-04-11 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-10-28 — best price $1.942024-11-04 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $1.942024-12-04 — best price $2.992024-12-20 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $1.942025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-07-02 — best price $1.492025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-10-18 — best price $0.992025-10-27 — best price $0.492025-11-03 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
57.2%
earned "Movies"
34.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DDarkAliensHorrorMysteryStylizedEmotionalConspiracyDystopian Dark Comedy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.