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The Deer

Fabio Ferrara · Chubby Pixel · 2016-03-28

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 02, 2015 (Mac), Dec 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 02, 2015 (Linux)

"The Deer" is an educational inter­ac­tive expe­ri­ence for children. You'll be an ancient Deer during the Pleistocene (Ice Age) epoch and you'll discover everything about this marvelous era. Unfortunately there were no T-Rex during this age since they were already extinct millions of years before.

The Deer is a 2016 Adventure, Indie game priced at $1.99, with a review sentiment of Mixed (62% of 2238 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

0
playing now
62%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (152 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 56k–134k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,238 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.35 at Steam (2023-07-04) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 19 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12112120152026Week of 2015-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7102026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.352015-12-032026-08-052015-12-03 — best price $0.592016-01-18 — best price $0.492016-03-28 — best price $0.592016-06-23 — best price $0.522016-10-03 — best price $0.592016-11-23 — best price $0.592017-01-16 — best price $0.492017-05-29 — best price $0.542017-07-31 — best price $0.662017-11-22 — best price $0.742018-01-15 — best price $0.712019-11-20 — best price $0.592020-03-09 — best price $0.492020-06-15 — best price $0.492020-08-10 — best price $0.492023-07-04 — best price $0.352023-11-21 — best price $0.542023-12-21 — best price $0.542024-03-14 — best price $0.542024-05-06 — best price $0.542024-06-27 — best price $0.542024-10-14 — best price $0.542024-12-09 — best price $0.542025-02-12 — best price $0.542025-03-28 — best price $0.542025-06-27 — best price $0.542025-09-15 — best price $0.542025-12-18 — best price $0.542026-03-02 — best price $0.542026-04-01 — best price $0.992026-05-02 — best price $1.992026-07-17 — best price $0.742026-08-05 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-03-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3611%8

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DGoreAnimeIndieMemesShortCasualHorrorNudityAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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