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Theatre Of The Absurd

Gogii Games · Strategy First · 2014-05-08

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 10, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An Ancient and most sinister evil threatens the soul of an innocent young girl. Explore the remote and mysterious theatre to uncover lost horrors and find the solution. Can you outwit the beast?

Theatre Of The Absurd is an Adventure game released in 2014, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, priced at $0.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (80% of 271 reviews).

1
playing now
80%
positive of 271 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.8k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 271 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2021-08-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 20 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920142026Week of 2014-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.95$0.372015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-06-03 — best price $7.952016-01-18 — best price $1.242016-10-28 — best price $0.992017-10-09 — best price $1.242018-04-23 — best price $1.242018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-04-04 — best price $4.992019-10-27 — best price $0.752020-03-04 — best price $4.142020-06-07 — best price $4.992020-07-12 — best price $4.082020-08-10 — best price $4.992020-09-07 — best price $4.492020-10-12 — best price $0.752020-11-09 — best price $4.992020-12-08 — best price $4.142021-01-06 — best price $4.992021-02-05 — best price $4.992021-03-06 — best price $4.992021-04-04 — best price $4.992021-05-02 — best price $4.142021-06-16 — best price $4.992021-10-18 — best price $4.992021-12-16 — best price $0.802022-04-07 — best price $4.992022-07-11 — best price $0.552022-11-22 — best price $0.992023-02-11 — best price $3.662023-05-14 — best price $0.992023-09-20 — best price $6.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-05-09 — best price $0.752024-10-07 — best price $0.752025-02-03 — best price $0.752025-08-22 — best price $4.992026-02-17 — best price $4.992026-08-21 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

CasualHorrorAdventureHidden ObjectPoint & ClickFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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