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The Crush House

Nerial · Devolver Digital · 2024-08-09

Steam

AdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Film and produce 1999's hottest reality TV show: The Crush House! Select a crush-worthy cast, satisfy voracious audiences and keep the show on air to uncover the sinister secrets behind this darkly comic thirst-person shooter.

75%
positive of 553 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)
The Crush House is an adventure simulation video game developed by Nerial and published by Devolver Digital on August 9, 2024 for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in the year 1999 and revolves around the production of a reality television show. Players take on the role of Jae, the new producer tasked with managing and filming the show within an iconic Malibu mansion. The game incorporates elements of strategic management, storytelling, and exploration, blending humor with dark, underlying themes.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 116 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 29,087 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 553 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.75-75%
Fanatical$4.24-75%
Gamesplanet$4.25-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.01 at Steam (2026-02-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 45 of 81 observed days · $2.74 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13713720242026Week of 2024-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$1.012024-08-082026-10-152024-08-08 — best price $16.992024-08-31 — best price $16.992024-11-01 — best price $15.292024-11-27 — best price $12.742025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-02-03 — best price $14.992025-02-15 — best price $12.742025-02-28 — best price $10.192025-03-19 — best price $10.992025-04-03 — best price $16.992025-04-18 — best price $10.192025-04-30 — best price $8.992025-05-22 — best price $10.192025-06-13 — best price $6.792025-06-28 — best price $5.992025-07-24 — best price $6.792025-08-25 — best price $6.802025-09-13 — best price $6.792025-09-29 — best price $3.752025-10-24 — best price $6.792025-12-04 — best price $16.992026-01-05 — best price $16.992026-02-04 — best price $16.992026-02-20 — best price $16.992026-03-19 — best price $3.752026-04-07 — best price $3.752026-04-27 — best price $3.752026-05-11 — best price $16.992026-05-22 — best price $4.252026-06-11 — best price $4.242026-07-21 — best price $4.242026-08-13 — best price $4.242026-08-21 — best price $14.992026-09-15 — best price $4.242026-10-02 — best price $4.242026-10-15 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6712026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-23 — 7 pageviews2026-07-26 — 11 pageviews2026-07-29 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 8 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-10 — 22 pageviews2026-08-13 — 13 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 4 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 8 pageviews2026-09-03 — 7 pageviews2026-09-06 — 9 pageviews2026-09-09 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 27 pageviews2026-09-15 — 15 pageviews2026-09-18 — 41 pageviews2026-09-21 — 19 pageviews2026-09-24 — 21 pageviews2026-09-27 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 15 pageviews2026-10-03 — 19 pageviews2026-10-06 — 16 pageviews2026-10-09 — 11 pageviews2026-10-12 — 11 pageviews2026-10-14 — 32 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
93.2%
earned "Satisfaction"
20.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4444%30

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

Player tags

FunnyComedyLGBTQ+RomanceCartoonyColorfulLife SimPoliticsAdventurePolitical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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