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The Creepy Syndrome cover art

The Creepy Syndrome

Boomfire Games · JanduSoft · 2023-04-27

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 27, 2023 (Xbox One), Apr 27, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 20, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 20, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 27, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 27, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Creepy Syndrome is an anthology that offers several psychological horror stories, with different pixel art and retro 1 bit, 8 bit, gameboy, etc. styles. Stories of a disturbed mind that intertwine with each other while being analysed by a mysterious psychiatrist.

80%
positive of 55 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.84★
PlayStation Store rating (50 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 55 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Epic Game Store (2023-10-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920232026Week of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.492023-04-272026-10-092023-04-27 — best price $4.492023-05-23 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-08-03 — best price $4.992023-10-26 — best price $3.492023-11-02 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-04-22 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-16 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-02-17 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-12 — best price $4.992025-06-23 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-08-04 — best price $4.992025-09-22 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992026-01-12 — best price $4.992026-03-02 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-27 — best price $4.992026-06-08 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-20 — best price $4.992026-09-11 — best price $4.992026-09-18 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $2.492026-10-08 — best price $4.992026-10-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Catalan, Ukrainian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America

Player tags

RetroHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureControllerStory RichExplorationPsychedelicSingleplayer

Census log

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

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