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The Corruption Within

Cosmic Void · 2021-06-09

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 09, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Corruption Within is a psychological thriller first-person point & click adventure game set in the Victorian era, with an emphasis on strong narrative, intriguing characters and puzzle-solving.

The Corruption Within is a 2021 Adventure and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 168 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 168 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.4k–7.6k copies

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

All-time low: $2.40 at FireFlower (2023-03-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920212026Week of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.21$2.252021-06-092026-07-092021-06-09 — best price $8.992021-08-01 — best price $7.492021-10-28 — best price $6.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-03-02 — best price $10.012022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $3.802022-07-05 — best price $3.732022-08-11 — best price $3.722022-11-01 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-20 — best price $9.602023-06-12 — best price $9.502023-09-18 — best price $2.492023-10-30 — best price $2.422023-11-21 — best price $2.492023-12-18 — best price $9.712024-02-11 — best price $9.002024-03-26 — best price $2.252024-06-17 — best price $9.002024-10-28 — best price $2.492024-11-27 — best price $2.492024-12-20 — best price $2.492025-03-19 — best price $2.252025-06-26 — best price $2.492025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-01 — best price $2.252026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
89.1%
earned "Within"
66.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieRetroPuzzleMysteryThrillerAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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