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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.

To Hell With The Ugly is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (87% of 165 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 165 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.38★
PlayStation Store rating (47 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 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 32% of 29,019 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$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-09-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 135 of 189 observed days · $3.20 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

202026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992023-05-302026-10-152023-05-30 — best price $17.992023-08-17 — best price $15.892023-10-02 — best price $13.992023-11-27 — best price $19.992023-12-30 — best price $19.992024-01-29 — best price $11.992024-03-08 — best price $11.992024-04-16 — best price $15.742024-06-03 — best price $10.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-19 — best price $8.792024-10-11 — best price $8.992024-11-15 — best price $8.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $8.002025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-29 — best price $19.992025-06-02 — best price $8.002025-07-24 — best price $7.992025-08-26 — best price $19.992025-09-30 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $5.662025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-01-08 — best price $19.992026-02-16 — best price $4.992026-03-18 — best price $6.002026-04-16 — best price $3.992026-05-25 — best price $6.192026-07-06 — best price $5.992026-07-31 — best price $4.302026-09-01 — best price $6.192026-09-16 — best price $6.192026-10-01 — best price $6.192026-10-15 — best price $19.99
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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-12-24 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DNoirComedyPuzzleColorfulStylizedAdventureDetectiveConspiracyStory Rich

Census log

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

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