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The Demons Told Me to Make This Game

Haunted Dude · 2025-07-21

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 21, 2025 (Mac), Jul 21, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to Red Hives, a lovely Midwestern town infested with demons. You're a little spirit stuck in a time loop, your only way to interact with the world is by possessing people and whispering into their ears. Explore timelines, solve mysteries, and please, try to keep your hosts alive...

98%
positive of 112 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

Red Hives may look like a small, dying town where nothing ever happens, but don't let the looks deceive you. The history of this place is riddled with terrible tragedies and things way worse than demons lurk in its shadows. The only ones standing against the darkness are a ragged crew of exorcists. Brave but hopelessly unprepared for what they face. Fortunately, they have you. As you guide them, bending wills and shaping fates, one question lingers: whose side are you really on?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 63% of 12,147 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 112 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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313120252026Week of 2025-07-21: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$6.492025-07-212026-08-242025-07-21 — best price $11.302025-07-28 — best price $12.992025-09-29 — best price $10.392025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-10-27 — best price $9.092025-11-03 — best price $12.992025-12-08 — best price $9.092025-12-15 — best price $12.992025-12-18 — best price $9.092026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-02-10 — best price $9.742026-02-20 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $7.792026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-04-27 — best price $9.092026-05-11 — best price $12.992026-06-25 — best price $6.492026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-08-17 — best price $6.492026-08-24 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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