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To Hell With The Ugly cover art

To Hell With The Ugly

La Poule Noire · ARTE France · 2023-05-30

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 31, 2023 (PlayStation 4), May 31, 2023 (PlayStation 5), May 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 30, 2023 (Xbox One), May 30, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), May 30, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

To Hell with the Ugly is an adventure game where you play as Rock Bailey, a gorgeous yet shallow young man, who must investigate and fight his way to freedom after being kidnapped. Alternate between turn-based combats and investigation in this film noir adaptation of the novel by Boris Vian.

1
playing now
87%
positive of 165 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.3k–7.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 165 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.19-69%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.19-69%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-03-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 107 of 162 observed days · $2.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820232026Week of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-12 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992023-05-302026-08-302023-05-30 — best price $17.992023-08-11 — best price $14.992023-09-15 — best price $11.192023-10-19 — best price $10.492023-12-01 — best price $17.992023-12-30 — best price $19.992024-01-23 — best price $15.892024-02-16 — best price $9.592024-03-20 — best price $10.992024-04-20 — best price $19.992024-06-03 — best price $10.992024-07-01 — best price $8.792024-08-02 — best price $7.752024-09-13 — best price $8.992024-10-16 — best price $9.992024-11-15 — best price $8.992024-12-18 — best price $19.992025-01-24 — best price $9.992025-02-24 — best price $15.892025-03-28 — best price $19.992025-04-29 — best price $19.992025-05-27 — best price $19.992025-07-08 — best price $10.002025-08-05 — best price $7.112025-09-04 — best price $9.992025-09-30 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $15.082025-11-25 — best price $7.992025-12-19 — best price $7.002026-01-13 — best price $7.002026-02-16 — best price $4.992026-03-11 — best price $5.992026-04-07 — best price $6.002026-05-04 — best price $19.992026-05-31 — best price $4.922026-07-06 — best price $5.992026-07-28 — best price $16.042026-08-25 — best price $6.192026-08-30 — best price $6.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
72.5%
earned "Zooty Ladies’ Man"
38.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

2DNoirComedyPuzzleColorfulStylizedAdventureDetectiveConspiracyStory Rich

Census log

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

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