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The Simulacrum

Trynet Games · 2023-06-24

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 17, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Simulacrum is a deckbuilder with procedurally generated cards. Obtain cards through a roguelite mode, acquire a large collection and challenge the hidden guardians of The Simulacrum.

83%
positive of 124 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (25 reviews).
  • · Top 34% of 21,641 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 124 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-06-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420232025Week of 2023-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$1.492023-01-172026-03-262023-01-17 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $4.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $4.492023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-08-28 — best price $3.992023-09-04 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.492023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-22 — best price $3.742024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-25 — best price $3.742024-04-01 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $3.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-07 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $1.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-03-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
78.8%
earned "Victory"
12.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DPvEIndieCasualFantasyStrategyTabletopCard GameRogue-likeCard Battler

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.