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The Village

Softwaves · SA Industry · 2017-10-12

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 12, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

There are several game modes, Horror mode, Rescue mode, Intense mode and other modes that are yet to come. There are also several difficulties, where you may face a shortage of resources or resources found more easily. The game also features some online interactions.

The Village is an Action Casual Indie Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $0.49, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Mixed (48% of 201 reviews) sentiment.

4
playing now
48%
positive of 201 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.49
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.0k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 201 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2021-01-16) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
990Oct 2017Aug 2026Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2021 — avg 17 · peak 217Apr 2021 — avg 12 · peak 157Jun 2021 — avg 20 · peak 122Aug 2021 — avg 29 · peak 270Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 38Jan 2022 — avg 27 · peak 265Mar 2022 — avg 5 · peak 196May 2022 — avg 68 · peak 600Jul 2022 — avg 54 · peak 696Sep 2022 — avg 15 · peak 354Nov 2022 — avg 14 · peak 381Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 17Mar 2023 — avg 21 · peak 534May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2023 — avg 51 · peak 364Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 41Feb 2024 — avg 1 · peak 10Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 217Jul 2026 — avg 1 · peak 50Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$13.99$0.492017-10-132026-08-242017-10-13 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $1.492018-11-21 — best price $3.492019-04-19 — best price $2.492019-09-20 — best price $1.992020-02-10 — best price $1.992020-06-25 — best price $2.492020-10-12 — best price $2.492020-11-25 — best price $2.492021-01-16 — best price $0.492021-04-18 — best price $0.492021-06-25 — best price $0.492021-10-03 — best price $0.492021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-01-16 — best price $0.492022-04-25 — best price $0.492022-06-23 — best price $0.492022-09-03 — best price $0.492022-11-22 — best price $0.492022-12-23 — best price $0.492023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-05-26 — best price $0.492023-09-18 — best price $0.492023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-16 — best price $0.832024-09-09 — best price $0.832024-11-06 — best price $8.992025-01-02 — best price $8.992025-03-20 — best price $8.992025-05-18 — best price $8.992025-09-08 — best price $8.992025-10-08 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-05-20 — best price $0.492026-08-24 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
1.9%
earned "A página especial"
1.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availablePartial Controller SupportStatsCommentary availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-06-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1989%8

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

Player tags

IndieActionCasualHorrorShooterStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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