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The Bellows cover art

The Bellows

BOT Jungle Productions · 2016-09-13

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Jul 11, 2017 (PlayStation VR), Sep 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Bellows is a VR Horror experience designed to play like an interactive movie. Plunge yourself into a world of nightmares and fear, and discover just how frightening the past can really be.

The Bellows is a free-to-play Action, Adventure, and Simulation game released in 2016, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 245 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 245 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.22★
PlayStation Store rating (158 ratings)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1h
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 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 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2019-05-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920162026Week of 2016-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
70Sep 2016Nov 2022Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2017 — avg 5 · peak 12Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 11Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 9Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 10May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 20Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 87Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Nov 2022

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)37870%4

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

Player tags

VRActionHorrorAdventureSimulationFree to Play

Census log

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

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