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The Heilwald Loophole

Jan Malitschek · 2022-02-04

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 04, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Heilwald Klinikum used to be one of the most renowned medical facilities in Germany. That all changed when that curious loophole appeared...

The Heilwald Loophole is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2022, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (97% of 369 reviews).

0
playing now
97%
positive of 372 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
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 18:00 UTC (census sample)

You awaken in a dingy storage room in a pile of rubble and dust. Observing your surroundings you notice a massive hole in the ceiling. How curious. Dazed from the fall and mildy confused you venture into the twisted depths of the Heilwald Klinikum...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.4k–17k copies

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

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320222026Week of 2022-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51Feb 2022Oct 2023Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 20Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$4.992022-02-042026-03-262022-02-04 — best price $8.992022-02-11 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $7.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-10-26 — best price $5.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-10-28 — best price $7.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-30 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $4.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992026-03-22 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
54.6%
earned "Big Lad"
34.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23622%15

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

Player tags

3DDarkCasualHorrorPuzzleStealthStylizedAdventureNonlinearAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.