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The Esoterica: Hollow Earth cover art

The Esoterica: Hollow Earth

Happy Artist Games · Alawar Casual · 2017-02-02

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 02, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The fabled land of Agartha awaits your discovery in Esoterica: Hollow Earth!

The Esoterica: Hollow Earth is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2017, priced at $3.99, with Mixed reviews (54% of 146 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
54%
positive of 146 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 146 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.75 at Fanatical (2022-06-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 31 of 43 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.752017-02-022026-08-212017-02-02 — best price $3.592017-12-21 — best price $1.192018-08-02 — best price $3.992019-07-09 — best price $3.992020-01-20 — best price $1.392020-09-16 — best price $1.802021-01-25 — best price $3.292021-02-12 — best price $2.932021-03-06 — best price $3.292021-04-10 — best price $3.292021-04-29 — best price $3.292021-05-30 — best price $3.292021-07-09 — best price $3.292021-10-07 — best price $3.992021-11-30 — best price $3.992022-02-03 — best price $3.992022-04-25 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $2.932022-11-01 — best price $0.832023-01-06 — best price $2.932023-03-15 — best price $3.992023-05-26 — best price $2.932023-08-06 — best price $3.082023-11-20 — best price $0.792024-01-12 — best price $1.992024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-05-19 — best price $2.932024-08-10 — best price $3.992024-11-01 — best price $1.392024-12-20 — best price $1.192025-03-04 — best price $3.992025-05-01 — best price $3.082025-07-11 — best price $1.992025-10-27 — best price $1.202025-12-18 — best price $1.192026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $3.992026-08-21 — best price $3.08
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
43.2%
earned "Elementary, dear Watson!"
33.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Korean

Player tags

IndieCasualAddictiveAdventureSingleplayerHidden ObjectPoint & Click

Census log

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

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