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The Occupation cover art

The Occupation

White Paper Games · Balor Games · 2019-03-05

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 05, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 05, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Mar 05, 2019 (Xbox One)

The Occupation is a fixed-time, investigative thriller set in North West England on Saturday 24th October, 1987.

0
playing now
60%
positive of 414 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

The Occupation is a single-player adventure video game developed by White Paper Games and released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows on 5 March 2019. The game takes place in a single government building, over four hours of real time. The game advances with or without input from the player, but almost all in-game actions can affect the game's story.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (39 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 414 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.38 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-09-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 37 of 64 observed days · $2.61 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620192026Week of 2019-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$6.392019-03-052026-08-302019-03-05 — best price $29.992019-12-01 — best price $23.992020-03-30 — best price $29.992020-07-11 — best price $29.992020-08-05 — best price $24.552020-09-16 — best price $29.992020-10-13 — best price $24.552020-11-16 — best price $29.992021-02-15 — best price $29.992021-06-19 — best price $26.232021-09-28 — best price $26.022021-12-08 — best price $9.592022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-05-15 — best price $29.992022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-09-21 — best price $8.992022-11-29 — best price $22.712023-01-12 — best price $25.492023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-05-29 — best price $23.442023-08-18 — best price $8.992023-11-02 — best price $29.992023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-02-20 — best price $9.002024-05-05 — best price $25.492024-06-20 — best price $8.992024-08-20 — best price $25.492024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-02-03 — best price $18.992025-05-01 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-04-15 — best price $8.992026-08-28 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3472026-05-16 — 10 pageviews2026-05-19 — 15 pageviews2026-05-22 — 9 pageviews2026-05-25 — 12 pageviews2026-05-28 — 13 pageviews2026-05-31 — 13 pageviews2026-06-03 — 13 pageviews2026-06-06 — 21 pageviews2026-06-09 — 16 pageviews2026-06-12 — 11 pageviews2026-06-15 — 14 pageviews2026-06-18 — 13 pageviews2026-06-21 — 14 pageviews2026-06-24 — 16 pageviews2026-06-27 — 15 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 29 pageviews2026-07-06 — 22 pageviews2026-07-09 — 17 pageviews2026-07-12 — 18 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 15 pageviews2026-07-24 — 13 pageviews2026-07-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-05 — 14 pageviews2026-08-08 — 24 pageviews2026-08-11 — 15 pageviews2026-08-14 — 27 pageviews2026-08-17 — 15 pageviews2026-08-20 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
15.1%
earned "First Meeting"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5978%15
PS4 (PlayStation)20327%16
Xbox One (Xbox)14610%15
PS4 (PlayStation)8933%16

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

Player tags

1980sIndiePuzzleMysteryStealthThrillerAdventureDetectivePoliticalStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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