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The Test

Randumb Studios · 2020-02-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

0
playing now
97%
positive of 20k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.19
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 359 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~45/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (6,284 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 402k–906k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,124 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.19-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2020-02-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 12 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.2k6.2k20202026Week of 2020-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,002 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6,221 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4,915 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 897 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$1.192020-02-252026-08-242020-02-25 — best price $1.192020-04-13 — best price $1.792020-06-25 — best price $1.792020-09-07 — best price $1.792020-11-09 — best price $1.792020-12-22 — best price $1.592021-02-11 — best price $1.592021-04-26 — best price $1.592021-06-25 — best price $1.592021-09-20 — best price $1.592021-10-28 — best price $1.592021-11-24 — best price $1.592022-01-10 — best price $1.592022-02-28 — best price $1.592022-05-09 — best price $1.592022-06-23 — best price $1.592022-08-29 — best price $1.592022-11-14 — best price $1.592022-12-22 — best price $1.592023-02-20 — best price $1.592023-04-10 — best price $1.592023-06-30 — best price $1.592023-10-26 — best price $1.592023-12-04 — best price $1.592024-01-15 — best price $1.592024-03-14 — best price $1.592024-05-20 — best price $1.592024-07-15 — best price $1.592024-10-28 — best price $1.592024-12-09 — best price $1.592025-02-24 — best price $1.592025-04-07 — best price $1.592025-06-26 — best price $1.592025-09-01 — best price $1.592025-10-27 — best price $1.592025-12-18 — best price $1.592026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-05-11 — best price $1.192026-07-13 — best price $1.192026-08-24 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGHorrorMysterySimulationStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerVisual NovelInvestigationPsychological

Census log

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

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