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Tormented Souls

Dual Effect · PQube · 2021-08-26

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Tormented Souls is a $19.99 Action and Adventure game released in 2021, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 8163 reviews).

29
playing now
90%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,666
twitch viewers (latest)
2666.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (17k downloads)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (4,747 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 40h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

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Health check

Cooling
  • · 29 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 5% of 28,023 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 163k–367k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,163 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: $0.99 at Steam (2024-12-20) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 118 of 171 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

8892026-09-16 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 27 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 54 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 48 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 34 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 69 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 42 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 20 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 77 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 66 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 34 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 33 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 25 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 68 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 42 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 25 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 29 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 58 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 35 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 25 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 37 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2049Sep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 204 · peak 550Nov 2021 — avg 51 · peak 171Jan 2022 — avg 38 · peak 98Mar 2022 — avg 16 · peak 43May 2022 — avg 22 · peak 58Jul 2022 — avg 19 · peak 48Sep 2022 — avg 23 · peak 58Nov 2022 — avg 18 · peak 48Jan 2023 — avg 19 · peak 50Mar 2023 — avg 12 · peak 38May 2023 — avg 15 · peak 47Jul 2023 — avg 11 · peak 34Sep 2023 — avg 17 · peak 56Nov 2023 — avg 22 · peak 58Jan 2024 — avg 18 · peak 47Mar 2024 — avg 16 · peak 43May 2024 — avg 17 · peak 59Jul 2024 — avg 23 · peak 51Sep 2024 — avg 36 · peak 101Nov 2024 — avg 28 · peak 104Jan 2025 — avg 37 · peak 108Mar 2025 — avg 23 · peak 57May 2025 — avg 22 · peak 58Jul 2025 — avg 30 · peak 67Sep 2025 — avg 51 · peak 148Nov 2025 — avg 99 · peak 315Jan 2026 — avg 45 · peak 109Mar 2026 — avg 31 · peak 79May 2026 — avg 26 · peak 66Jul 2026 — avg 22 · peak 54Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 55
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.48$0.992021-08-262026-10-152021-08-26 — 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 $17.802026-08-31 — best price $4.992026-09-20 — best price $1.992026-10-10 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

171552026-05-30 — 70 pageviews2026-06-03 — 99 pageviews2026-06-07 — 97 pageviews2026-06-11 — 74 pageviews2026-06-15 — 62 pageviews2026-06-19 — 76 pageviews2026-06-23 — 68 pageviews2026-06-27 — 72 pageviews2026-07-01 — 94 pageviews2026-07-05 — 112 pageviews2026-07-09 — 98 pageviews2026-07-13 — 92 pageviews2026-07-17 — 105 pageviews2026-07-21 — 69 pageviews2026-07-25 — 84 pageviews2026-07-29 — 155 pageviews2026-08-02 — 117 pageviews2026-08-06 — 80 pageviews2026-08-10 — 82 pageviews2026-08-14 — 95 pageviews2026-08-18 — 91 pageviews2026-08-22 — 95 pageviews2026-08-26 — 110 pageviews2026-08-30 — 92 pageviews2026-09-03 — 69 pageviews2026-09-07 — 86 pageviews2026-09-11 — 65 pageviews2026-09-15 — 55 pageviews2026-09-19 — 100 pageviews2026-09-23 — 92 pageviews2026-09-27 — 133 pageviews2026-10-01 — 88 pageviews2026-10-05 — 139 pageviews2026-10-08 — 143 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.1k2.4k2026-10-08 21:12 — 4,081 viewers2026-10-08 22:12 — 3,586 viewers2026-10-08 23:12 — 3,342 viewers2026-10-09 00:12 — 3,096 viewers2026-10-09 01:12 — 2,884 viewers2026-10-09 02:12 — 2,728 viewers2026-10-09 03:12 — 2,621 viewers2026-10-09 04:12 — 2,540 viewers2026-10-09 05:12 — 2,433 viewers2026-10-09 06:12 — 2,666 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-28 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkActionCombatHorrorNudityPuzzleStory RichAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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