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They Look Like People cover art

They Look Like People

Aaron Wise · Trial By Fire Games · 2021-11-29

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A Psychological story game set within a Kubrickian world. A tale of Space & Adventure into the Abyss of your mind, two astronauts come into close encounters with an unknown object during a routine mission.

They Look Like People is a 2021 Indie game priced at $1.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 29 reviews).

0
playing now
69%
positive of 29 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 64% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520212026Week of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.392021-11-292026-03-262021-11-29 — best price $4.492021-12-06 — best price $4.992022-02-28 — best price $2.492022-03-07 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-07-21 — best price $1.992022-10-24 — best price $0.492022-10-31 — best price $1.992022-12-22 — best price $0.592023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-03-16 — best price $0.392023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-04-03 — best price $0.692023-04-10 — best price $1.992023-06-30 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $0.592024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-04-15 — best price $0.592024-04-22 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.592024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-09-05 — best price $0.992024-09-12 — best price $1.992024-10-28 — best price $0.592024-11-04 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $0.592024-12-04 — best price $1.992024-12-20 — best price $0.592025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-07-02 — best price $0.592025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $0.552025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $0.592026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $0.592026-03-26 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DMarsSpaceActionAliensCasualHorrorSci-fiStylizedSpace Sim

Census log

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

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