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The Assembly cover art

The Assembly

nDreams · 2016-07-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

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

Releases: Jul 19, 2016 (SteamVR), Jul 19, 2016 (Oculus Rift), Oct 13, 2016 (PlayStation VR), Jan 20, 2017 (Xbox One), Jul 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 13, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

A first-person interactive story inspired by real-world anxieties, The Assembly is a long-form game designed for VR. Explore a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals and face tough decisions from contrasting perspectives, that culminate in one of multiple thrilling conclusions.

71%
positive of 168 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
56/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 35% of 24,248 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.2k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 168 total reviews — how this is computed.

12-month high $5.16 · on sale 0 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720162026Week of 2016-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.16$4.592026-08-062026-09-142026-08-06 — best price $4.592026-08-07 — best price $4.592026-08-08 — best price $4.592026-08-09 — best price $4.592026-08-10 — best price $4.592026-08-11 — best price $4.592026-08-12 — best price $4.592026-09-10 — best price $5.162026-09-11 — best price $4.592026-09-12 — best price $4.592026-09-13 — best price $4.592026-09-14 — best price $4.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
74%
earned "Will You Walk Into My Parlor"
17.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-11-21 (Steam store data)

Player tags

VRDramaIndieMaturePuzzleSci-fiMysteryAdventureRealisticStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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