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Transference™ cover art

Transference™

Ubisoft · 2018-09-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 18, 2018 (Oculus Rift), Sep 18, 2018 (SteamVR), Sep 18, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 18, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Sep 18, 2018 (Xbox One), Sep 18, 2018 (PlayStation VR)

Imagine an escape room set in a deranged mind. Experience a first-person exploration game in a chilling new dimension. Shift between three perspectives of a family and unravel the mystery hiding in this mind-bending psychological thriller.

Transference™ is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed (70% of 508 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
70%
positive of 511 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
4.04★
PlayStation Store rating (1,051 ratings)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Transference is a psychological thriller adventure video game developed by SpectreVision and Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One. It was released on September 18, 2018.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 511 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.10 at GreenManGaming (2021-09-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 70 of 102 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420182026Week of 2018-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$25.30$3.992018-08-202026-10-102018-08-20 — best price $20.992019-02-19 — best price $24.992019-05-26 — best price $9.982019-08-09 — best price $11.182019-11-04 — best price $24.992020-01-12 — best price $9.992020-03-09 — best price $9.992020-05-16 — best price $22.492020-07-11 — best price $22.392020-08-28 — best price $24.992020-10-15 — best price $4.252020-12-10 — best price $22.392021-01-22 — best price $4.552021-03-08 — best price $22.492021-05-03 — best price $22.392021-08-11 — best price $24.992021-11-12 — best price $24.992022-01-13 — best price $5.002022-04-12 — best price $4.742022-07-04 — best price $24.992022-11-14 — best price $24.992023-02-13 — best price $4.992023-05-27 — best price $24.992023-09-25 — best price $4.282023-12-29 — best price $20.722024-04-24 — best price $5.002024-09-30 — best price $18.892025-02-24 — best price $18.892025-06-20 — best price $24.992025-10-28 — best price $24.992026-02-03 — best price $24.992026-05-19 — best price $24.992026-08-16 — best price $4.992026-10-10 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

71112026-05-31 — 33 pageviews2026-06-04 — 17 pageviews2026-06-08 — 21 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 20 pageviews2026-06-20 — 21 pageviews2026-06-24 — 20 pageviews2026-06-28 — 21 pageviews2026-07-02 — 21 pageviews2026-07-06 — 19 pageviews2026-07-10 — 31 pageviews2026-07-14 — 26 pageviews2026-07-18 — 18 pageviews2026-07-22 — 22 pageviews2026-07-26 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 17 pageviews2026-08-03 — 14 pageviews2026-08-07 — 23 pageviews2026-08-11 — 20 pageviews2026-08-15 — 27 pageviews2026-08-19 — 17 pageviews2026-08-23 — 57 pageviews2026-08-27 — 36 pageviews2026-08-31 — 26 pageviews2026-09-04 — 27 pageviews2026-09-08 — 21 pageviews2026-09-12 — 27 pageviews2026-09-16 — 18 pageviews2026-09-20 — 28 pageviews2026-09-24 — 29 pageviews2026-09-28 — 35 pageviews2026-10-02 — 15 pageviews2026-10-06 — 23 pageviews2026-10-10 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
67.8%
earned "Into the Rabbit Hole"
32.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

VRFMVIndieHorrorPuzzleAdventureFirst-PersonPsychologicalWalking SimulatorPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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