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The Test: Hypothesis Rising cover art

The Test: Hypothesis Rising

Randumb Studios · 2020-04-27

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 27, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

0
playing now
98%
positive of 5.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.19
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 69 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,065 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 118k–267k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,923 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 (2026-05-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20202026Week of 2020-04-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 867 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,042 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-12 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$1.192020-04-272026-08-242020-04-27 — best price $1.792020-06-25 — best price $1.792020-09-28 — best price $1.792020-11-16 — best price $1.792020-12-22 — best price $1.592021-02-11 — best price $1.592021-05-03 — best price $1.592021-07-26 — best price $1.592021-10-28 — best price $1.592021-11-24 — best price $1.592022-01-17 — best price $1.592022-03-07 — best price $1.592022-06-23 — best price $1.592022-09-05 — 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 $1.592024-01-22 — best price $1.592024-03-14 — best price $1.592024-06-03 — best price $1.592024-07-22 — best price $1.592024-10-28 — best price $1.592024-12-09 — best price $1.592025-02-24 — best price $1.592025-04-21 — best price $1.592025-06-27 — best price $1.592025-09-15 — best price $1.592025-10-27 — best price $1.592026-02-16 — best price $1.492026-03-30 — best price $1.492026-06-25 — 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

RPGAnimeCasualHorrorMysteryDetectiveSimulationStory RichVisual NovelInvestigation

Census log

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

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