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The Visitor cover art

The Visitor

Stephen Long · 2016-03-30

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Mar 30, 2016 (SteamVR)

The Visitor is a VR horror experience about an unexpected visitor calling to your door in the middle of the night. The game relies heavily on atmosphere, utilizing a dark environment to make the player both as nervous and uncomfortable as possible.

The Visitor is a free-to-play Casual and Indie game released in 2016, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (76% of 210 reviews).

0
playing now
76%
positive of 210 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 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 up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (35 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 29,098 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2016-07-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520162025Week of 2016-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.002016-03-312019-08-102016-03-31 — best price $0.992016-07-28 — best price $0.892016-08-02 — best price $0.992016-10-28 — best price $0.892016-11-01 — best price $0.992019-08-10 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerVR OnlyFamily Sharing

Player tags

VRIndieCasualHorror

Census log

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

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