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The Boogie Man

Uri Games · PLAYISM · 2018-02-12

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"You are the player, and must chase the Boogie Man. If you catch him, you win! And that's the happy ending, but if you don't..." This is the third title in the Strange Man series. Keith tours a castle with his wife, Helena. Sit back, and enjoy tonight's entertainment: A horrific display of murder.

The Boogie Man is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $2.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 300 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

1
playing now
83%
positive of 303 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 29,020 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.6k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 303 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2022-05-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720182026Week of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Feb 2018Sep 2025Feb 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2025 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$1.492018-02-142026-09-292018-02-14 — best price $2.692018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-10-23 — best price $2.392019-01-03 — best price $2.992019-03-25 — best price $2.392019-06-03 — best price $2.992019-09-12 — best price $2.092019-11-01 — best price $2.992019-12-20 — best price $2.092020-03-01 — best price $2.992020-05-19 — best price $1.792020-09-28 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $1.792021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-05-15 — best price $1.792021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-10-28 — best price $1.792021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-05-21 — best price $1.492022-09-19 — best price $2.992022-12-03 — best price $1.492023-01-30 — best price $2.992023-06-29 — best price $1.492023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-04-13 — best price $1.492025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-12-04 — best price $1.492026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-07-23 — best price $1.492026-09-29 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
74.9%
earned "First Person"
33.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)29233%28

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

Player tags

2DRPGDarkAnimeIndieCasualHorrorSurrealViolentRPGMaker

Census log

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

Recent updates

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