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The Great Below

Dobra Studios · ByteSize · 2023-12-05

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 05, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Immerse yourself in a haunting map-based horror experience, reminiscent of the iconic PS1 era. Navigate between 2D and 3D perspectives to break free from the loop in a mysterious mansion. Solve challenging puzzles to unveil the secrets hidden beneath it all.

The Great Below is an Indie game released in 2023, priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Positive review sentiment (94% of 31 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 31 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.88 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620232025Week of 2023-12-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.762023-12-052026-07-092023-12-05 — best price $7.192024-03-13 — best price $7.992024-04-30 — best price $6.792024-05-10 — best price $7.092024-06-24 — best price $3.862024-06-28 — best price $4.242024-07-26 — best price $3.242024-08-02 — best price $2.792024-09-02 — best price $2.992024-09-16 — best price $2.992024-10-08 — best price $3.892024-10-28 — best price $2.362024-11-05 — best price $3.862024-11-27 — best price $2.152024-12-18 — best price $4.992025-01-03 — best price $3.862025-02-01 — best price $3.662025-03-04 — best price $3.662025-03-13 — best price $2.242025-04-14 — best price $2.242025-05-10 — best price $3.662025-06-04 — best price $4.992025-07-25 — best price $1.282025-08-05 — best price $3.892025-10-27 — best price $1.242026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-04-10 — best price $0.762026-04-21 — best price $3.892026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
27.1%
earned "You faced Delusion"
11.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-12-05 (Steam store data)

Player tags

NoirRetroHorrorPuzzleMysterySurrealTop-DownEmotionalControllerAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.