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Town of Salem

BlankMediaGames · Digital Bandidos · 2014-12-15

Steam

ActionCasualRPGStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Dec 15, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2018 (iOS), Dec 15, 2014 (Web browser), Dec 15, 2014 (Mac), Oct 14, 2018 (Android)

Inspired by the party games Werewolf and Mafia, Town of Salem is a game of murder, mystery and deception.

Town of Salem is an Action, Casual, RPG and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 36,257 reviews).

68
playing now
88%
positive of 36k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (55 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (5 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

68 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Town of Salem is an online multiplayer game with social deduction, role-playing and strategy elements. It was developed and published by indie game developer BlankMediaGames, and released on December 15, 2014. Early alpha and beta versions were browser-based and free-to-play. On October 14, 2018, the game was released for iOS and Android mobile devices after a successful and long-supported Kickstarter fundraiser.

Trailer

Town of Salem trailer thumbnail

Town of Salem Trailer

≈848,075 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 68 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 245 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,096 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 906k–2.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 36,257 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Fanatical (2015-11-25) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 936 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 757 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 662 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 876 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,024 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 650 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 704 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

199552026-09-14 20:00 — 170 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 120 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 72 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 171 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 156 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 68 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 191 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 157 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 70 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 135 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 173 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 92 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 129 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 163 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 123 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 122 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 170 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 115 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 115 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 182 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 151 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 73 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 175 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 68 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.7k89Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 284 · peak 503Apr 2015 — avg 439 · peak 800Aug 2015 — avg 476 · peak 810Dec 2015 — avg 370 · peak 738Apr 2016 — avg 568 · peak 1,826Aug 2016 — avg 891 · peak 1,565Dec 2016 — avg 796 · peak 1,911Apr 2017 — avg 969 · peak 1,948Aug 2017 — avg 1,030 · peak 1,715Dec 2017 — avg 793 · peak 1,560Apr 2018 — avg 960 · peak 1,637Aug 2018 — avg 1,161 · peak 2,225Dec 2018 — avg 815 · peak 1,471Apr 2019 — avg 715 · peak 1,365Aug 2019 — avg 742 · peak 1,201Dec 2019 — avg 723 · peak 1,260Apr 2020 — avg 1,692 · peak 2,621Aug 2020 — avg 1,212 · peak 1,884Dec 2020 — avg 684 · peak 1,131Apr 2021 — avg 644 · peak 1,018Aug 2021 — avg 532 · peak 810Dec 2021 — avg 464 · peak 762Apr 2022 — avg 514 · peak 800Aug 2022 — avg 516 · peak 884Dec 2022 — avg 541 · peak 882Apr 2023 — avg 483 · peak 863Aug 2023 — avg 176 · peak 312Dec 2023 — avg 115 · peak 209Apr 2024 — avg 121 · peak 223Aug 2024 — avg 114 · peak 197Dec 2024 — avg 107 · peak 184Apr 2025 — avg 104 · peak 187Aug 2025 — avg 99 · peak 179Dec 2025 — avg 95 · peak 182Apr 2026 — avg 89 · peak 177Aug 2026 — avg 119 · peak 269
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$8.00$1.242015-01-012026-07-162015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-10-29 — best price $3.742015-11-29 — best price $4.992016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-06-01 — best price $3.742016-09-22 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $4.992017-01-12 — best price $2.492017-04-07 — best price $4.992017-07-16 — best price $8.002017-09-25 — best price $2.492017-12-21 — best price $3.742018-01-25 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $2.492018-09-13 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-05-23 — best price $4.992019-07-30 — best price $2.492019-11-22 — best price $3.742019-12-09 — best price $4.992020-02-27 — best price $2.492020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $3.342021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $3.742022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $1.692022-09-06 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-02-07 — best price $4.992023-05-05 — best price $2.492023-09-01 — best price $2.492023-11-02 — best price $4.992024-01-11 — best price $2.492024-03-04 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.342025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $1.692026-07-16 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

308422026-05-29 — 93 pageviews2026-06-02 — 61 pageviews2026-06-06 — 70 pageviews2026-06-10 — 67 pageviews2026-06-14 — 52 pageviews2026-06-18 — 46 pageviews2026-06-22 — 308 pageviews2026-06-26 — 70 pageviews2026-06-30 — 52 pageviews2026-07-04 — 53 pageviews2026-07-08 — 62 pageviews2026-07-12 — 73 pageviews2026-07-16 — 67 pageviews2026-07-20 — 61 pageviews2026-07-24 — 42 pageviews2026-07-28 — 52 pageviews2026-08-01 — 49 pageviews2026-08-05 — 73 pageviews2026-08-09 — 63 pageviews2026-08-13 — 63 pageviews2026-08-17 — 62 pageviews2026-08-21 — 84 pageviews2026-08-25 — 67 pageviews2026-08-29 — 59 pageviews2026-09-02 — 48 pageviews2026-09-06 — 74 pageviews2026-09-10 — 89 pageviews2026-09-14 — 68 pageviews2026-09-18 — 54 pageviews2026-09-22 — 75 pageviews2026-09-26 — 54 pageviews2026-09-30 — 72 pageviews2026-10-04 — 124 pageviews2026-10-07 — 63 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.7%
earned "Initiation"
37.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-06-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)33,6371%361

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

2DRPGFunnyIndieMemesCasualComedyMysteryStrategySurvival

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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