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The Elision Effect

teamakes.games · 2024-05-31

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 31, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Elision Effect is a short surreal puzzle game. The last person finds themselves in an empty office. The place seems off, like it shouldn’t exist. Not knowing what made everyone abandon these liminal spaces, they look for an exit.

95%
positive of 184 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (69 reviews).
  • · Top 45% of 16,371 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 184 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
686820242026Week of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$0.892024-06-012026-07-092024-06-01 — best price $1.972024-06-10 — best price $2.992024-07-10 — best price $1.732024-07-17 — best price $2.992024-10-10 — best price $2.002024-10-20 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $1.642024-12-04 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $1.192025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $1.042025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-07-24 — best price $1.492025-07-31 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $1.012025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $0.982026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.972026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $0.892026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
77.8%
earned "Petrichor"
25.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DRetroShortCasualPuzzleSurrealStylizedAdventureAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

The Office QuestOne DreamerBring You HomeMeridian 157: Chapter 1to a T

Similarity via IGDB.

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