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The Matriarch cover art

The Matriarch

Chewa · 2022-09-26

Steam

Casual

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Sep 26, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play Hide & Seek in a diabolical convent where everyone is an imposter.

The Matriarch is a 2022 Casual game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 865 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 865 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (134 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 29,098 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 865 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-04-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11611620222026Week of 2022-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.992022-09-262026-07-162022-09-26 — best price $4.492022-10-31 — best price $3.992022-11-22 — best price $3.992022-12-22 — best price $3.992023-01-12 — best price $3.742023-02-27 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-04-12 — best price $4.992023-05-26 — best price $4.992023-08-12 — best price $4.992023-09-25 — best price $4.992023-11-08 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-22 — best price $4.992024-02-04 — best price $4.992024-03-13 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-05-05 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-08-10 — best price $4.992024-09-23 — best price $4.992024-11-11 — best price $4.992024-12-25 — best price $4.992025-02-20 — best price $4.992025-04-05 — best price $4.992025-05-20 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-07-31 — best price $4.992025-09-23 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-15 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-02-23 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-28 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-16 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
23.5%
earned "Third's time a charm"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Russian, Italian, Hungarian, Romanian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5181%20

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

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyIndieCasualStealthStrategySurvivalConspiracyParty Game

Census log

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

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