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Things Too Ugly

Professor Space Games · Baltoro Games · 2025-01-16

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AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 16, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 16, 2025 (Xbox One), Jan 16, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 20, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Clock in at TEREBRO INC. for the night shift in 1986. Protect the company's legacy as Risk Assessment Data Processor. Equipped with era-specific technology, navigate through obscured narratives to shape the company's future.

90%
positive of 50 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$3.19
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 69% of 15,885 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.19-60%
Microsoft Store$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.19 at Steam (2026-01-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 4 of 7 observed days · $4.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220252026Week of 2025-01-16: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$3.192025-01-162026-09-132025-01-16 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $6.392025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-04-07 — best price $5.592025-04-14 — best price $7.992025-05-19 — best price $5.992025-05-26 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $4.792025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-07-14 — best price $5.592025-07-21 — best price $7.992025-09-01 — best price $5.592025-09-08 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $3.192026-01-15 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $3.192026-07-09 — best price $7.992026-09-07 — best price $3.192026-09-13 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing2 DLC

Player tags

1980sIndieRetroShortPuzzleSci-fiMysteryAdventureConspiracySimulation

Census log

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

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