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Tormented Souls

Dual Effect · PQube · 2021-08-26

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 07, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 27, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Apr 14, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 25, 2022 (Xbox One), Feb 25, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.

35
playing now
90%
positive of 8.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 40h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

35 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Tormented Souls is a 2021 survival horror video game developed by Dual Effect and published by PQube for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were cancelled in February 2021 but were eventually released in February 2022. A sequel, Tormented Souls 2, was released in 2025.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 35 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 627 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~78/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 162k–366k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,124 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.29-79%
Gamesplanet$4.84-76%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.90-75%
WinGameStore$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
GamersGate$5.00-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-12-20) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 80 of 140 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
87087020212026Week of 2021-08-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 870 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

57102026-08-06 22:00 — 34 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 46 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 52 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 44 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 29 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 33 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 28 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 23 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 27 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 32 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 24 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 35 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.48$0.992021-08-262026-08-302021-08-26 — best price $19.992021-11-15 — best price $17.992022-01-05 — best price $15.992022-03-01 — best price $20.482022-05-30 — best price $16.982022-08-01 — best price $19.992022-09-28 — best price $17.972022-11-04 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-17 — best price $11.992023-05-13 — best price $19.992023-07-20 — best price $12.992023-09-12 — best price $19.992023-11-03 — best price $14.792023-12-15 — best price $9.002024-02-11 — best price $4.992024-03-24 — best price $15.292024-06-01 — best price $18.992024-07-18 — best price $6.592024-09-16 — best price $15.292024-11-21 — best price $2.292025-01-09 — best price $19.992025-03-15 — best price $19.992025-05-02 — best price $4.002025-07-01 — best price $4.052025-09-03 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992025-12-12 — best price $5.002026-02-22 — best price $4.902026-04-22 — best price $19.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-08-04 — best price $17.802026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

171552026-05-30 — 70 pageviews2026-06-02 — 73 pageviews2026-06-05 — 97 pageviews2026-06-08 — 103 pageviews2026-06-11 — 74 pageviews2026-06-14 — 83 pageviews2026-06-17 — 90 pageviews2026-06-20 — 72 pageviews2026-06-23 — 68 pageviews2026-06-26 — 83 pageviews2026-06-29 — 86 pageviews2026-07-02 — 94 pageviews2026-07-05 — 112 pageviews2026-07-08 — 89 pageviews2026-07-11 — 90 pageviews2026-07-14 — 97 pageviews2026-07-17 — 105 pageviews2026-07-20 — 74 pageviews2026-07-23 — 55 pageviews2026-07-26 — 84 pageviews2026-07-29 — 155 pageviews2026-08-01 — 106 pageviews2026-08-04 — 93 pageviews2026-08-07 — 76 pageviews2026-08-10 — 82 pageviews2026-08-13 — 108 pageviews2026-08-16 — 112 pageviews2026-08-19 — 113 pageviews2026-08-22 — 95 pageviews2026-08-25 — 137 pageviews2026-08-27 — 77 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
82%
earned "Escape"
27.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)8,00222%30
Steam (Steam)6,5936%29
Xbox Series (Xbox)2,1216%29
Switch (Nintendo)1270%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

DarkActionCombatHorrorNudityPuzzleStory RichAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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