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The Signifier Director's Cut

Playmestudio · Raw Fury · 2020-10-15

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 15, 2020 (Mac)

This story-driven adventure follows a mystery of death and despair from reality into the surreal realms of objective memories and subjective experiences. Search the mind, solve puzzles, and unravel the dark truth in this psychological thriller.

The Signifier Director's Cut is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Mostly Positive sentiment (79% of 351 reviews).

1
playing now
79%
positive of 351 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

When the vice-president of the largest tech company in the world is found dead in her apartment, you are asked to investigate her last memories to find what really happened... You are Frederick Russell, an expert in AI and psychology, and the main researcher behind an experimental deep brain scanner called the Dreamwalker. Its controversial technology allows the exploration of the recorded senses and unconscious realms of the mind. In a world on the verge of an AI revolution, you will navigate through the deep and surrealistic world of human psychology and learn from its darkness. You will def(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 111% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.0k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 351 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.40 at GamersGate (2024-02-15) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 25 of 45 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320202026Week of 2020-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
81Oct 2020Jun 2023Oct 2020 — avg 8 · peak 33Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 26May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 14Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2022 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.99$3.482020-10-152026-08-252020-10-15 — best price $16.992020-12-22 — best price $15.992021-02-11 — best price $12.992021-04-05 — best price $19.992021-05-01 — best price $19.992021-07-26 — best price $15.992021-09-21 — best price $17.722021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-04 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $7.992022-03-21 — best price $9.992022-05-02 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-08-16 — best price $19.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992022-12-15 — best price $5.492023-01-30 — best price $19.992023-03-09 — best price $8.792023-04-17 — best price $4.992023-06-07 — best price $5.992023-07-24 — best price $7.992023-09-22 — best price $4.992023-12-08 — best price $5.992024-01-05 — best price $19.992024-02-11 — best price $15.082024-03-20 — best price $3.992024-05-20 — best price $3.992024-07-12 — best price $4.992024-10-08 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-05 — best price $19.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-07-31 — best price $3.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-04-22 — best price $19.992026-05-27 — best price $3.992026-07-10 — best price $3.992026-08-25 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
59.8%
earned "Human abilities"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5142%28

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

Player tags

DarkIndieMysterySurrealThrillerEmotionalStory RichAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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