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The Complex

Wales Interactive · 2020-03-31

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 31, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 31, 2020 (Mac), Mar 31, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Mar 31, 2020 (Xbox One), May 29, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Mar 31, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

After a major bio-weapon attack on London, two scientists find themselves in a locked-down laboratory with time, and air, running out. The Complex is an interactive sci-fi thriller movie where your decisions lead to one of eight suspenseful endings.

1
playing now
78%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

The Complex is a 2020 interactive science fiction full-motion video game.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 182 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (631 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 71k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,559 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.59 at GamersGate (2025-10-27) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 31 of 62 observed days · $10.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
48148120202026Week of 2020-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-11 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.592020-03-162026-08-272020-03-16 — best price $11.692020-09-30 — best price $9.742021-04-30 — best price $10.392021-10-13 — best price $9.742022-02-02 — best price $12.992022-05-18 — best price $12.992022-09-12 — best price $4.932022-11-29 — best price $12.992023-03-16 — best price $4.282023-06-15 — best price $8.442023-08-07 — best price $7.792023-10-18 — best price $4.942023-12-21 — best price $4.942024-02-11 — best price $12.992024-04-19 — best price $5.842024-06-20 — best price $7.792024-08-15 — best price $7.142024-11-06 — best price $6.892025-01-23 — best price $5.092025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-05-09 — best price $5.842025-06-27 — best price $5.242025-09-13 — best price $3.442025-10-23 — best price $5.842025-12-02 — best price $12.992026-01-09 — best price $3.442026-02-26 — best price $5.192026-04-13 — best price $12.992026-05-14 — best price $5.842026-07-10 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5272026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-01 — 26 pageviews2026-06-04 — 35 pageviews2026-06-07 — 29 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-13 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 17 pageviews2026-06-19 — 20 pageviews2026-06-22 — 20 pageviews2026-06-25 — 21 pageviews2026-06-28 — 20 pageviews2026-07-01 — 25 pageviews2026-07-04 — 27 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 52 pageviews2026-07-13 — 32 pageviews2026-07-16 — 21 pageviews2026-07-19 — 32 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-25 — 22 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 21 pageviews2026-08-03 — 21 pageviews2026-08-06 — 16 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-12 — 17 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 15 pageviews2026-08-26 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
91.7%
earned "Tough Decision"
24.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)3,63875%21
Steam (Steam)3,01926%20
Xbox One (Xbox)1,95651%20
PS5 (PlayStation)1,07078%21
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

FMVMovieHorrorMatureNuditySci-fiMysteryThrillerAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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