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The Medium

Bloober Team · Bloober Team SA · 2021-01-28

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 28, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 03, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Aug 31, 2023 (Mac)

A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.

6
playing now
89%
positive of 10k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (154 ratings)
8.8h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The Medium is a psychological horror video game developed and published by Bloober Team. It was released for Windows and Xbox Series X/S on January 28, 2021, for PlayStation 5 on September 3, 2021, for Amazon Luna on February 17, 2022, and for macOS on August 31, 2023. A Nintendo Switch version was released on July 29, 2023.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 488 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~61/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,739 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 204k–458k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,186 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.49-75%
Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.74 at GameBillet (2026-04-07) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 90 of 130 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20212026Week of 2021-01-01: 984 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,577 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1822026-08-06 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$9.992020-07-232026-08-302020-07-23 — best price $44.992021-04-10 — best price $49.992021-07-08 — best price $49.992021-11-18 — best price $37.492022-01-24 — best price $37.492022-03-29 — best price $49.992022-07-07 — best price $49.992022-10-18 — best price $27.992022-12-12 — best price $27.992023-01-27 — best price $23.082023-03-09 — best price $27.992023-05-02 — best price $20.492023-06-07 — best price $49.992023-07-14 — best price $22.392023-08-22 — best price $49.992023-10-16 — best price $49.992023-11-22 — best price $24.992023-12-24 — best price $22.492024-02-05 — best price $49.992024-02-29 — best price $19.992024-03-29 — best price $35.992024-04-25 — best price $21.762024-05-22 — best price $25.002024-06-26 — best price $49.992024-08-12 — best price $19.992024-10-28 — best price $19.992024-12-11 — best price $38.312025-03-01 — best price $49.992025-04-25 — best price $38.312025-06-18 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $49.992025-11-14 — best price $39.892025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-02-18 — best price $15.002026-04-07 — best price $9.992026-05-21 — best price $11.752026-06-25 — best price $10.102026-08-07 — best price $13.212026-08-30 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

326622026-05-29 — 124 pageviews2026-06-01 — 102 pageviews2026-06-04 — 90 pageviews2026-06-07 — 326 pageviews2026-06-10 — 118 pageviews2026-06-13 — 99 pageviews2026-06-16 — 103 pageviews2026-06-19 — 62 pageviews2026-06-22 — 100 pageviews2026-06-25 — 89 pageviews2026-06-28 — 88 pageviews2026-07-01 — 75 pageviews2026-07-04 — 109 pageviews2026-07-07 — 87 pageviews2026-07-10 — 85 pageviews2026-07-13 — 75 pageviews2026-07-16 — 81 pageviews2026-07-19 — 84 pageviews2026-07-22 — 64 pageviews2026-07-25 — 84 pageviews2026-07-28 — 87 pageviews2026-07-31 — 95 pageviews2026-08-03 — 110 pageviews2026-08-06 — 161 pageviews2026-08-09 — 90 pageviews2026-08-12 — 86 pageviews2026-08-15 — 114 pageviews2026-08-18 — 101 pageviews2026-08-21 — 91 pageviews2026-08-24 — 125 pageviews2026-08-26 — 117 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
86.8%
earned "Inner Investigator"
47.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)37,6097%39
PS5 (PlayStation)16,88536%40
Steam (Steam)3,96011%39

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

Player tags

DarkHorrorMatureViolentAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerThird PersonPsychological

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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