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The Watchers

Straight Back Games · 2020-02-06

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 06, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 06, 2020 (Mac)

The Watchers is a haunting co-op stealth game in which 2 players take control of a brother and sister trying to uncover the truth behind their mother’s disappearance. Explore the sinister compound of a local cult and work together to evade brutal enemies. But be careful. You’re being watched.

The Watchers is an Action and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 547 reviews).

6
playing now
74%
positive of 547 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 547 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320202026Week of 2020-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 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: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$2.492020-02-062026-07-092020-02-06 — best price $8.092020-06-25 — best price $4.492020-08-04 — best price $5.392020-10-29 — best price $4.492020-11-25 — best price $4.492020-12-22 — best price $4.492021-02-11 — best price $4.492021-06-24 — best price $4.492021-10-28 — best price $7.192021-11-24 — best price $7.192021-12-22 — best price $7.192022-01-27 — best price $7.192022-06-23 — best price $4.492022-10-25 — best price $4.492022-11-22 — best price $4.492022-12-22 — best price $4.492023-01-12 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-11-02 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
89.3%
earned "Sneaky Hobbitses"
34.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3804%15

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

Player tags

DarkCo-opIndieActionHorrorPuzzleStealthDifficultAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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