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The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed

Cloudhead Games Ltd. · 2016-04-05

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Apr 05, 2016 (SteamVR)

Embark on the sci-fi epic that started it all at the dawn of modern VR, setting standards for roomscale movement and interaction for years to come. Winner of over 30 awards including "VR Game of the Year", The Gallery is VR's premier adventure series.

The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 1522 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (142 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 38k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,523 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Humble Store (2017-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12212220162026Week of 2016-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$4.992016-04-052022-09-062016-04-05 — best price $29.992016-07-28 — best price $23.992016-12-22 — best price $14.992017-04-10 — best price $19.992017-09-20 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $4.992017-12-17 — best price $19.992018-01-11 — best price $4.992018-02-12 — best price $19.992018-03-20 — best price $7.992018-04-23 — best price $19.992018-06-21 — best price $4.992018-08-20 — best price $19.992018-09-20 — best price $19.992018-10-25 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-01-10 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-04-06 — best price $9.992019-05-23 — best price $19.992019-07-18 — best price $7.992019-09-12 — best price $19.992019-11-21 — best price $7.992019-12-19 — best price $7.992020-01-10 — best price $7.992020-01-23 — best price $7.992020-03-30 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $7.992020-11-25 — best price $10.492021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-11-08 — best price $14.992022-01-07 — best price $9.742022-09-06 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
92.4%
earned "Sticky Fingers"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyVR SupportSteamVR CollectiblesSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-04-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,6001%18

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

Player tags

VR1980sIndieCasualPuzzleEpisodicAdventureStory RichAtmosphericKickstarter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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