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The Operator

Bureau 81 · 2024-07-22

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: May 22, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 22, 2024 (Mac), Jul 22, 2024 (Linux)

Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.

The Operator is a 2024 Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $13.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 8,821 reviews).

28
playing now
92%
positive of 8.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
3.5h
to beat · rushed 2.5h · completionist 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.99
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Welcome to the FDI, Mr Tanner. Time to clear your head, work through your hangover and start your first day as an Operator. There are plenty of cases to solve. Assist our field agents using your computer console and ingenuity to bring criminals to justice. Ready to make the world a better place?(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

The Operator trailer thumbnail

The Operator - Official Trailer | Future Games Show 2024

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 28 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,651 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~206/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 178k–401k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,907 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.09-35%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.39 at Steam (2026-07-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 84 of 113 observed days · $0.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20242026Week of 2024-07-01: 1,867 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,139 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 681 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7442026-09-15 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 16 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 28 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 37 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 46 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 41 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 35 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 51 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 74 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40617Jul 2024Aug 2026Jul 2024 — avg 406 · peak 1,122Aug 2024 — avg 107 · peak 353Sep 2024 — avg 47 · peak 114Oct 2024 — avg 29 · peak 71Nov 2024 — avg 38 · peak 108Dec 2024 — avg 34 · peak 98Jan 2025 — avg 89 · peak 673Feb 2025 — avg 28 · peak 73Mar 2025 — avg 36 · peak 105Apr 2025 — avg 26 · peak 66May 2025 — avg 20 · peak 124Jun 2025 — avg 32 · peak 145Jul 2025 — avg 33 · peak 76Aug 2025 — avg 20 · peak 58Sep 2025 — avg 18 · peak 59Oct 2025 — avg 23 · peak 60Nov 2025 — avg 17 · peak 50Dec 2025 — avg 23 · peak 52Jan 2026 — avg 89 · peak 469Feb 2026 — avg 26 · peak 64Mar 2026 — avg 35 · peak 93Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 58May 2026 — avg 21 · peak 61Jun 2026 — avg 20 · peak 60Jul 2026 — avg 56 · peak 559Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 104
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002024-07-222026-10-142024-07-22 — best price $12.592024-10-08 — best price $13.992024-11-05 — best price $13.992024-12-12 — best price $11.192025-01-12 — best price $10.492025-02-05 — best price $13.992025-03-03 — best price $11.192025-03-20 — best price $13.992025-04-17 — best price $10.492025-05-09 — best price $10.492025-06-05 — best price $13.992025-07-10 — best price $9.792025-08-05 — best price $13.992025-09-05 — best price $9.792025-09-29 — best price $9.792025-10-13 — best price $9.792025-11-05 — best price $13.992025-12-10 — best price $13.992026-01-08 — best price $14.992026-01-23 — best price $9.792026-02-20 — best price $9.092026-03-05 — best price $9.092026-03-26 — best price $13.992026-04-14 — best price $9.092026-05-05 — best price $13.992026-06-04 — best price $9.092026-07-14 — best price $13.992026-08-12 — best price $13.992026-08-27 — best price $9.092026-09-01 — best price $9.092026-09-06 — best price $9.092026-09-11 — best price $9.092026-09-16 — best price $9.092026-09-21 — best price $13.992026-09-26 — best price $9.092026-10-01 — best price $9.092026-10-06 — best price $9.092026-10-11 — best price $9.092026-10-14 — best price $9.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
97.4%
earned "Welcome to the FDI"
65.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-07-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,10518%13
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FMVCrimePuzzleMysteryThrillerDetectiveNarrationNarrativeConspiracySimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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