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The Thing: Remastered

Nightdive Studios · 2024-12-05

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Action

Franchise: The Thing · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 05, 2024 (Xbox One), Dec 05, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Dec 05, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 05, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 05, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Dec 05, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures’ genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing

The Thing: Remastered is an Action game released in 2024, priced at $16.49, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1415 reviews).

4
playing now
90%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
15
Nexus mods (2.3k downloads)
4.62★
PlayStation Store rating (1,376 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.49
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

The Thing is a 2002 squad-based third-person shooter survival horror video game developed by Computer Artworks and co-published by Vivendi Universal Games and Konami for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. Versions for the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance were also planned, but were both cancelled early in development.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (368 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,415 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$16.49-45%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $16.49 at GOG (2026-06-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 65 of 108 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of December 2024 (#2)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33833820242026Week of 2024-12-05: 338 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2412026-09-15 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 13 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
554Dec 2024Aug 2026Dec 2024 — avg 55 · peak 137Jan 2025 — avg 29 · peak 97Feb 2025 — avg 16 · peak 44Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 28Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 28Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 41Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 25Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 46Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 25Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 22Jun 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$14.992024-12-052026-10-152024-12-05 — best price $29.992025-02-10 — best price $29.992025-02-21 — best price $29.992025-03-19 — best price $23.992025-04-03 — best price $29.992025-05-08 — best price $22.492025-05-28 — best price $29.992025-08-07 — best price $22.492025-09-04 — best price $29.992025-09-26 — best price $29.992025-10-08 — best price $29.992025-10-27 — best price $29.992025-11-13 — best price $19.492025-11-25 — best price $19.492025-12-11 — best price $19.492026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-02-04 — best price $29.992026-02-19 — best price $29.992026-03-12 — best price $19.492026-04-09 — best price $17.992026-05-19 — best price $17.992026-06-04 — best price $17.992026-06-17 — best price $16.492026-07-15 — best price $16.492026-08-13 — best price $16.492026-08-27 — best price $14.992026-08-31 — best price $16.492026-09-04 — best price $16.492026-09-08 — best price $16.492026-09-12 — best price $29.992026-09-16 — best price $29.992026-09-20 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $16.492026-09-28 — best price $16.492026-10-02 — best price $16.492026-10-06 — best price $16.492026-10-10 — best price $16.492026-10-14 — best price $16.492026-10-15 — best price $16.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3211492026-05-29 — 176 pageviews2026-06-02 — 177 pageviews2026-06-06 — 230 pageviews2026-06-10 — 246 pageviews2026-06-14 — 181 pageviews2026-06-18 — 169 pageviews2026-06-22 — 161 pageviews2026-06-26 — 223 pageviews2026-06-30 — 180 pageviews2026-07-04 — 154 pageviews2026-07-08 — 180 pageviews2026-07-12 — 156 pageviews2026-07-16 — 213 pageviews2026-07-20 — 188 pageviews2026-07-24 — 173 pageviews2026-07-28 — 185 pageviews2026-08-01 — 168 pageviews2026-08-05 — 176 pageviews2026-08-09 — 173 pageviews2026-08-13 — 198 pageviews2026-08-17 — 198 pageviews2026-08-21 — 256 pageviews2026-08-25 — 258 pageviews2026-08-29 — 217 pageviews2026-09-02 — 184 pageviews2026-09-06 — 222 pageviews2026-09-10 — 202 pageviews2026-09-14 — 210 pageviews2026-09-18 — 215 pageviews2026-09-22 — 187 pageviews2026-09-26 — 221 pageviews2026-09-30 — 207 pageviews2026-10-04 — 321 pageviews2026-10-07 — 266 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
83.1%
earned "Out of This World"
40.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,15612%11
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)80511%11
Switch (Nintendo)460%0

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

Player tags

3DBloodMovieActionAliensCombatHorrorSci-fiShooterThriller

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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