The Game Census
Tear Factory cover art

Tear Factory

Daddysucc5000 · 2022-10-03

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 03, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A game about hunting rats, feeding them to your family, and going to bed.

91%
positive of 86 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 20,324 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 86 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320222026Week of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 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.

Price history

$0.99$0.492022-10-032026-09-212022-10-03 — best price $0.992022-12-22 — best price $0.492023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.642023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-05-01 — best price $0.492023-05-08 — best price $0.992023-06-29 — best price $0.742023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-07-31 — best price $0.842023-08-07 — best price $0.992023-09-18 — best price $0.742023-09-25 — best price $0.992023-10-26 — best price $0.592023-11-02 — best price $0.992024-04-01 — best price $0.842024-04-08 — best price $0.992024-11-15 — best price $0.792024-11-22 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.792024-12-04 — best price $0.992024-12-19 — best price $0.792025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.892025-03-20 — best price $0.992025-08-11 — best price $0.892025-08-18 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.792025-10-06 — best price $0.992025-10-27 — best price $0.792025-11-03 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.792026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-09-14 — best price $0.842026-09-21 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

DarkRetroHorrorMysterySurrealAbstractStylizedAdventureNarrationOld School

Census log

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

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