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The Evil Within

Tango Gameworks · Bethesda Softworks · 2014-10-13

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 18, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Oct 14, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 18, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Oct 14, 2014 (Xbox 360), Oct 14, 2014 (Xbox One)

Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

The Evil Within is an Action game priced at $19.99 and released in 2014, with Very Positive (85% of 33688 reviews) and an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

181
playing now
85%
positive of 34k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3,028
twitch viewers (latest)
3028.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (456 ratings)
51
Nexus mods (51k downloads)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (38,775 ratings)
73/100
opencritic · fair · 53% recommend · from 96 critics
21h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 55h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

The Evil Within is a 2014 survival horror game developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was directed by Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami. The game centers on protagonist Sebastian Castellanos as he is pulled through a distorted world full of nightmarish locations and horrid creatures. Played in a third-person perspective, players battle disfigured nightmare-like enemies, including bosses, using guns and melee weapons, and progress through the levels, avoiding traps, using stealth, and finding collectables.

Trailer

The Evil Within trailer thumbnail

The Evil Within - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 181 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,333 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~167/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 847k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,863 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.55 at GreenManGaming (2023-10-27) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 156 of 158 observed days · $2.44 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27327320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3981152026-09-15 11:00 — 161 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 188 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 115 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 175 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 230 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 129 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 126 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 206 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 120 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 192 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 215 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 119 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 144 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 258 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 297 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 189 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 295 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 265 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 206 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 323 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 323 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 207 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 181 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k86Oct 2014Aug 2026Oct 2014 — avg 1,609 · peak 4,089Feb 2015 — avg 318 · peak 926Jun 2015 — avg 247 · peak 648Oct 2015 — avg 140 · peak 340Feb 2016 — avg 163 · peak 343Jun 2016 — avg 138 · peak 322Oct 2016 — avg 159 · peak 463Feb 2017 — avg 186 · peak 429Jun 2017 — avg 314 · peak 627Oct 2017 — avg 622 · peak 1,482Feb 2018 — avg 204 · peak 408Jun 2018 — avg 156 · peak 388Oct 2018 — avg 143 · peak 279Feb 2019 — avg 158 · peak 330Jun 2019 — avg 139 · peak 275Oct 2019 — avg 120 · peak 233Feb 2020 — avg 167 · peak 344Jun 2020 — avg 142 · peak 320Oct 2020 — avg 155 · peak 323Feb 2021 — avg 240 · peak 494Jun 2021 — avg 149 · peak 278Oct 2021 — avg 159 · peak 385Feb 2022 — avg 206 · peak 393Jun 2022 — avg 181 · peak 346Oct 2022 — avg 271 · peak 903Feb 2023 — avg 213 · peak 391Jun 2023 — avg 140 · peak 262Oct 2023 — avg 230 · peak 744Feb 2024 — avg 172 · peak 348Jun 2024 — avg 138 · peak 258Oct 2024 — avg 186 · peak 337Feb 2025 — avg 134 · peak 235Jun 2025 — avg 213 · peak 553Oct 2025 — avg 175 · peak 309Feb 2026 — avg 206 · peak 454Jun 2026 — avg 151 · peak 303Aug 2026 — avg 259 · peak 492
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
57572026-09-262026-10-132026-09-26: 57 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 24 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 9 new positive2026-10-04: 5 new negative2026-10-06: 19 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 13 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 16 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new negative2026-10-13: 14 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $27.212015-04-28 — best price $42.932015-07-23 — best price $29.992015-12-22 — best price $8.992016-05-18 — best price $53.392016-10-18 — best price $16.992017-04-22 — best price $17.792017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-09-06 — best price $10.002019-03-07 — best price $10.002019-11-24 — best price $19.992020-02-13 — best price $5.432020-06-04 — best price $19.992020-08-19 — best price $16.192020-10-11 — best price $16.792020-12-18 — best price $19.992021-05-25 — best price $19.992021-10-11 — best price $9.722022-03-01 — best price $17.422022-06-23 — best price $4.192022-10-25 — best price $3.432023-03-07 — best price $6.242023-06-01 — best price $4.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992024-02-19 — best price $19.992024-06-13 — best price $4.992024-11-16 — best price $19.992025-03-22 — best price $19.992025-08-13 — best price $19.992025-12-02 — best price $14.392026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-06-17 — best price $4.992026-09-10 — best price $4.302026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7403512026-05-30 — 375 pageviews2026-06-03 — 667 pageviews2026-06-07 — 487 pageviews2026-06-11 — 363 pageviews2026-06-15 — 450 pageviews2026-06-19 — 415 pageviews2026-06-23 — 465 pageviews2026-06-27 — 495 pageviews2026-07-01 — 391 pageviews2026-07-05 — 489 pageviews2026-07-09 — 560 pageviews2026-07-13 — 468 pageviews2026-07-17 — 434 pageviews2026-07-21 — 422 pageviews2026-07-25 — 414 pageviews2026-07-29 — 351 pageviews2026-08-02 — 400 pageviews2026-08-06 — 421 pageviews2026-08-10 — 520 pageviews2026-08-14 — 391 pageviews2026-08-18 — 459 pageviews2026-08-22 — 447 pageviews2026-08-26 — 410 pageviews2026-08-30 — 397 pageviews2026-09-03 — 412 pageviews2026-09-07 — 476 pageviews2026-09-11 — 409 pageviews2026-09-15 — 576 pageviews2026-09-19 — 567 pageviews2026-09-23 — 645 pageviews2026-09-27 — 740 pageviews2026-10-01 — 585 pageviews2026-10-05 — 655 pageviews2026-10-08 — 523 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.9k72026-10-02 14:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-04 04:34 — 156 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-05 22:12 — 3,891 viewers2026-10-06 01:12 — 3,337 viewers2026-10-06 04:12 — 2,692 viewers2026-10-06 07:12 — 2,595 viewers2026-10-06 09:12 — 2,825 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 2,915 viewers2026-10-06 12:12 — 2,474 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 3,339 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 320 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 203 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 170 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 231 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 283 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 218 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 235 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 206 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
48.9%
earned "Weapon of Choice"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableColor AlternativesDualShock Controller SupportStereo SoundSurround SoundSteam Cloud4 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2015-03-10, latest 2020-02-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)63,6244%72
Steam (Steam)25,8235%71
Xbox One (Xbox)25,7982%71
PS3 (PlayStation)10,8507%72
Xbox 360 (Xbox)6,2793%71
PS4 (PlayStation)1,87915%72
Windows (Xbox)1,7156%71
PS4 (PlayStation)48216%72
PS3 (PlayStation)34150%42
PS3 (PlayStation)13273%42

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

DarkGoreActionHorrorStealthZombiesSurvivalAdventureDifficultAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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