The Game Census
The Summoning cover art

The Summoning

Randumb Studios · 2019-11-22

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

This experience can be classified as a psychological and atmospheric horror game. However... This isn't a game... Remember all of the urban legends from your childhood? Imagine if it was all real, but we just weren't performing the right rituals to summon these beings from another realm... Well, now you can...

71%
positive of 77 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 18,989 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 77 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-09-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620192025Week of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$0.992018-05-292026-08-312018-05-29 — best price $3.992020-01-20 — best price $4.992020-04-03 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-09-21 — best price $0.992020-11-16 — best price $1.992021-01-11 — best price $1.392021-03-08 — best price $1.992021-06-25 — best price $1.392021-09-20 — best price $1.992021-11-15 — best price $1.292022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-02-28 — best price $1.292022-05-16 — best price $1.992022-07-25 — best price $1.292022-11-01 — best price $1.992022-12-23 — best price $1.292023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-06-29 — best price $1.292023-11-02 — best price $1.992023-12-21 — best price $1.292024-03-11 — best price $1.992024-05-27 — best price $1.592024-07-22 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $1.292025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-04-07 — best price $1.292025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $1.292025-12-15 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $1.292026-05-25 — best price $1.992026-08-24 — best price $0.992026-08-31 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualHorrorTabletopAdventureOpen WorldSimulationStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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