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Tunnels of Despair cover art

Tunnels of Despair

BearFighterDev · 2018-03-16

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tunnels of Despair is an atmospheric game with horror and survival elements, in which you are to explore the tunnels of an abandoned subway system, find a way out and escape the underground.

63%
positive of 73 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (21 reviews).
  • · Top 55% of 18,693 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 73 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.34 at Steam (2019-04-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182025Week of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$10.99$1.342018-03-172026-01-192018-03-17 — best price $9.892018-07-05 — best price $5.992018-10-15 — best price $5.992018-11-28 — best price $5.992019-01-03 — best price $5.992019-03-04 — best price $5.992019-06-26 — best price $1.342019-09-09 — best price $1.702019-11-11 — best price $1.702019-12-19 — best price $1.702020-03-02 — best price $1.702020-06-25 — best price $1.702020-10-12 — best price $1.702020-11-25 — best price $1.702020-12-22 — best price $1.702021-02-22 — best price $1.702021-06-14 — best price $1.702021-08-23 — best price $1.792021-10-28 — best price $1.702021-12-22 — best price $1.702022-02-14 — best price $1.702022-05-09 — best price $5.992022-07-18 — best price $5.992023-03-13 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-11-02 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-11-03 — best price $5.992026-01-19 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

3DIndieActionHorrorStealthZombiesSurvivalAdventureReal-TimeAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.