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The Watchers

Straight Back Games · 2020-02-06

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

0
playing now
74%
positive of 547 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 44% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
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 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 0 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).

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…

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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