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The Executioner

Lesser Evil Games · 2019-09-25

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Sep 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 31, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

The Executioner puts you in the shoes of a man who tortures people for a living while trying to retain his own sanity. In this game the monster isn’t lurking behind you. You are the monster, if you choose to become one.

The Executioner is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 373 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

0
playing now
65%
positive of 372 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (117 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 28,754 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.3k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 372 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2021-05-03) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.34 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
767620192026Week of 2019-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50Oct 2019Dec 2021Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 33Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 15May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 13Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2021

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$5.992019-09-252026-04-252019-09-25 — best price $8.492019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-02-17 — best price $6.692020-05-12 — best price $8.992020-06-12 — best price $9.992020-06-20 — best price $7.342020-07-12 — best price $8.992020-08-21 — best price $8.992020-08-31 — best price $6.692020-09-14 — best price $9.992020-09-23 — best price $9.992020-10-07 — best price $9.992020-10-16 — best price $9.992020-10-28 — best price $9.992020-11-09 — best price $9.992020-11-20 — best price $8.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992020-12-12 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $6.692021-01-12 — best price $9.992021-01-20 — best price $8.992021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-02-09 — best price $7.162021-02-22 — best price $7.162021-03-08 — best price $7.162021-03-15 — best price $6.692021-03-27 — best price $7.162021-04-14 — best price $9.992021-04-22 — best price $9.992021-05-21 — best price $9.992021-06-01 — best price $7.162021-06-24 — best price $5.992021-08-09 — best price $9.992021-10-07 — best price $9.992021-11-16 — best price $7.342021-12-06 — best price $5.992022-02-21 — best price $9.992022-12-08 — best price $9.992024-08-02 — best price $7.342026-04-25 — best price $7.34
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
85%
earned "Day #2"
12.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-10-08, latest 2020-03-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2731%52
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGGoreIndieHorrorViolentStrategyAdventureDifficultAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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