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The Beast Inside

Illusion Ray · 2019-10-17

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 29, 2022 (Xbox One), Nov 29, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 29, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Oct 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 07, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Oct 31, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

45
playing now
82%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 16h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.49
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Adam, CIA cryptanalyst, leaves Boston and moves to the country with his wife, Emma. His handlers are afraid they won’t be able to keep him safe there, but Adam believes he needs a peaceful place in the woodland, to take a shot at military code and alter the course of the Cold War. As it turns out, this area is quite the opposite of a peaceful place... In the attic Adam finds the hidden diary of Nicolas which, once opened, carries the nightmares of the past right into the present, putting the lives of both Adam and Emma in a great danger. How come the mysteries from Civil War era seem to be co(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 45 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 389 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~49/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 303k–728k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,132 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-90%
Steam$2.49-90%
GOG$2.49-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-90%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2021-10-28) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 47 of 65 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38538520192026Week of 2019-10-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4522026-08-06 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 34 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 29 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 29 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 27 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 36 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.492019-10-172026-08-302019-10-17 — best price $22.492019-12-19 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $24.992020-06-04 — best price $17.492020-09-11 — best price $16.242020-11-11 — best price $14.992021-02-07 — best price $24.992021-05-21 — best price $16.242021-10-16 — best price $24.992021-12-23 — best price $2.492022-05-16 — best price $24.992022-08-19 — best price $4.992022-11-04 — best price $24.992022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-03-17 — best price $24.992023-06-11 — best price $2.492023-09-05 — best price $24.992023-11-07 — best price $2.492024-01-05 — best price $24.992024-04-04 — best price $2.492024-06-03 — best price $2.492024-07-24 — best price $24.992024-09-07 — best price $24.992024-11-16 — best price $24.992025-01-03 — best price $24.992025-03-12 — best price $24.992025-05-16 — best price $24.992025-07-18 — best price $24.992025-09-12 — best price $24.992025-11-10 — best price $2.492026-01-23 — best price $2.492026-04-14 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-08-17 — best price $2.492026-08-27 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
75.6%
earned "Housekeeping"
13.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,0406%27
PS5 (PlayStation)1,17216%27
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)6189%27
PS4 (PlayStation)15122%27
PS4 (PlayStation)10120%27
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

GoreIndieActionHorrorViolentSurvivalAdventureStory RichAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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