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Playmestudio · Raw Fury · 2020-10-15

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
79%
positive of 350 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 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)

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  • · Top 46% of 11,332 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.0k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 350 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 28 of 51 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Player tags

DarkIndieMysterySurrealThrillerEmotionalStory RichAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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