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Technobabylon

Technocrat Games · Wadjet Eye Games · 2015-05-21

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 01, 2022 (Linux), May 21, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 16, 2017 (iOS), Feb 01, 2022 (Mac)

A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

Technobabylon is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2015 for $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 1635 reviews).

3
playing now
94%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Technobabylon is a cyberpunk adventure game developed by Technocrat Games and published by Wadjet Eye Games for Microsoft Windows, iOS, Linux, and macOS. Originally intended as a series of 10 free episodic games, of which three were released, it was released as a full game on 21 May 2015. The game's story covers 10 chapters and focuses on three characters who live in the future city of Newton which is governed by an autonomous AI administrator, each of whom is faced with a complex matter, but soon find themselves caught up in a conspiracy surrounding the city's AI, including murder and hidden truths about its creation.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,635 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at GOG (2018-09-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 39 of 83 observed days · $12.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.592015-05-022026-10-152015-05-02 — best price $14.992015-11-04 — best price $5.092015-12-22 — best price $7.492016-05-08 — best price $5.092016-11-22 — best price $5.992017-01-12 — best price $8.992017-06-06 — best price $2.992017-09-07 — best price $4.492017-12-21 — best price $2.992018-06-19 — best price $14.992018-11-21 — best price $3.742019-05-16 — best price $4.492019-10-21 — best price $14.992020-01-24 — best price $4.492020-05-18 — best price $7.492020-10-09 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-11-20 — best price $14.992022-01-31 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-06 — best price $4.492023-05-25 — best price $14.992023-11-09 — best price $14.992024-01-09 — best price $4.492024-04-04 — best price $4.492024-08-07 — best price $14.992024-11-26 — best price $7.492025-03-06 — best price $5.992025-06-17 — best price $14.992025-09-25 — best price $4.492026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-05-25 — best price $4.792026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-09-07 — best price $14.992026-09-17 — best price $4.792026-09-27 — best price $4.792026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4042026-05-30 — 11 pageviews2026-06-03 — 15 pageviews2026-06-07 — 20 pageviews2026-06-11 — 21 pageviews2026-06-15 — 9 pageviews2026-06-19 — 10 pageviews2026-06-23 — 12 pageviews2026-06-27 — 24 pageviews2026-07-01 — 21 pageviews2026-07-05 — 20 pageviews2026-07-09 — 11 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-17 — 11 pageviews2026-07-21 — 15 pageviews2026-07-25 — 8 pageviews2026-07-29 — 15 pageviews2026-08-02 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-10 — 16 pageviews2026-08-14 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 18 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-26 — 19 pageviews2026-08-30 — 10 pageviews2026-09-03 — 18 pageviews2026-09-07 — 12 pageviews2026-09-11 — 9 pageviews2026-09-15 — 11 pageviews2026-09-19 — 20 pageviews2026-09-23 — 16 pageviews2026-09-27 — 20 pageviews2026-10-01 — 13 pageviews2026-10-05 — 14 pageviews2026-10-09 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
58.1%
earned "Prisoner of Consciousness"
24.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudCommentary availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-04-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,73911%40

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroLGBTQ+Sci-fiMysteryAdventureCyberpunkFuturisticStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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