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The Initiate

Deceptive Games Ltd. · 2017-08-01

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 01, 2017 (Mac)

The Initiate is a mystery puzzle game. You awake in a house full of traps and puzzles - This is your trial; complete it, or die!

0
playing now
78%
positive of 205 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 58% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.1k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 205 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.09 at Steam (2026-06-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 11 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.092017-08-022026-07-092017-08-02 — best price $11.992017-10-18 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $9.742018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-02-23 — best price $8.242018-04-23 — best price $14.992018-06-22 — best price $4.492018-07-27 — best price $6.492018-10-25 — best price $12.992018-11-21 — best price $4.542019-01-04 — best price $12.992019-02-04 — best price $3.892019-05-01 — best price $12.992019-07-31 — best price $5.842019-10-28 — best price $4.492019-11-26 — best price $4.492020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-04-12 — best price $3.992020-05-20 — best price $9.992020-07-05 — best price $3.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-01-28 — best price $9.992021-07-22 — best price $3.492022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-04-23 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-09-14 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-02-01 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-05-20 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

IndieActionHorrorPuzzleAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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