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The Swine

Vincent Lade · 2020-06-18

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 18, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Say goodbye to southern hospitality in the backwoods of rural America. The Swine is a short horror experience that explores isolation, witchcraft, and unforeseen consequences in your rural homestead.

The Swine is an Action, Casual, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 312 reviews).

0
playing now
82%
positive of 314 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (40 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.3k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 314 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620202026Week of 2020-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.592020-06-182026-07-092020-06-18 — best price $1.792020-10-29 — best price $1.392020-11-25 — best price $1.392020-12-22 — best price $1.392021-02-11 — best price $1.392021-06-24 — best price $1.392021-08-24 — best price $1.392021-10-28 — best price $1.192021-11-24 — best price $1.192021-12-23 — best price $1.192022-01-27 — best price $1.332022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-08-22 — best price $1.392022-10-25 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.992022-12-22 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.992023-05-01 — best price $1.292023-06-29 — best price $0.992023-09-11 — best price $1.392023-10-26 — best price $1.192023-11-21 — best price $1.192024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-08-17 — best price $1.192024-10-28 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992024-12-20 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.792025-04-08 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-08-26 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-11-03 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-04-28 — best price $0.992026-05-05 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
70.7%
earned "The Fool Card"
39.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)21858%5

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

Player tags

FPSIndieActionCasualGothicHorrorPuzzleSurrealSurvivalThriller

Census log

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

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