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The Exit 8

KOTAKE CREATE · PLAYISM · 2023-11-29

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AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 29, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 17, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 08, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 08, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jan 09, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 28, 2025 (iOS)

You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

65
playing now
93%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
14,120
twitch viewers (latest)
93/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (75 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2.8h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

65 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The Exit 8, sometimes shortened to Exit 8, is a 2023 indie adventure game developed and published by Kotake Create, also known as Kotakenotokeke. Billed as a walking simulator, the game revolves around the player walking through a Japanese metro station passageway, trying to spot inaccuracies, referred to as anomalies, in the layout of the passageway to reach the exit of the station. The game was initially released on Steam on 29 November 2023 and was subsequently ported to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in 2024, and on Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch 2 in 2025 under the Japanese indie publisher Playism. A virtual reality version co-developed and published by MyDearest Inc., dubbed The Exit 8 VR, released on 11 July 2024 for the Meta Quest 2, Pro and 3 and later made available on Steam and the Quest 3S.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 65 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,764 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~221/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 229k–516k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,469 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.79 at Steam (2025-08-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 7 of 16 observed days · $1.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.8k2.8k20232026Week of 2023-11-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,826 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

79202026-08-07 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 36 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 44 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 41 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 29 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 36 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 22 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 66 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 46 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 32 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 34 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 46 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 40 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 41 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 36 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 65 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$2.792023-11-292026-08-272023-11-29 — best price $3.592023-12-06 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $3.592024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.192024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-10-28 — best price $3.192024-11-04 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $3.192024-12-04 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $3.192025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-02-02 — best price $3.192025-02-16 — best price $3.992025-03-17 — best price $3.192025-03-20 — best price $3.992025-05-21 — best price $3.192025-06-04 — best price $3.992025-06-27 — best price $3.192025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-08-28 — best price $2.792025-09-11 — best price $3.992025-10-27 — best price $2.792025-11-03 — best price $3.992025-12-04 — best price $2.792026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-01-17 — best price $2.792026-01-31 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $2.792026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-04-09 — best price $2.792026-04-23 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $2.792026-07-09 — best price $3.992026-07-23 — best price $2.792026-07-30 — best price $3.992026-08-27 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.2k4642026-05-30 — 2,221 pageviews2026-06-02 — 1,361 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1,262 pageviews2026-06-08 — 1,268 pageviews2026-06-11 — 985 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,192 pageviews2026-06-17 — 819 pageviews2026-06-20 — 1,083 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,196 pageviews2026-06-26 — 702 pageviews2026-06-29 — 859 pageviews2026-07-02 — 774 pageviews2026-07-05 — 981 pageviews2026-07-08 — 688 pageviews2026-07-11 — 824 pageviews2026-07-14 — 710 pageviews2026-07-17 — 783 pageviews2026-07-20 — 915 pageviews2026-07-23 — 779 pageviews2026-07-26 — 1,019 pageviews2026-07-29 — 623 pageviews2026-08-01 — 803 pageviews2026-08-04 — 668 pageviews2026-08-07 — 546 pageviews2026-08-10 — 599 pageviews2026-08-13 — 654 pageviews2026-08-16 — 757 pageviews2026-08-19 — 566 pageviews2026-08-22 — 642 pageviews2026-08-25 — 534 pageviews2026-08-27 — 485 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

2
achievements tracked
74.1%
earned "The Exit 8"
46.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)15,25576%4
Steam (Steam)7,06978%2
PS4 (PlayStation)4,13786%4
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,75955%10
Switch (Nintendo)3560%0

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

Player tags

3DFunnyHorrorLinearPuzzleSurrealRealisticSimulationAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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