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Uncanny Valley cover art

Uncanny Valley

Tiny Mold · 2015-04-23

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 25, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 07, 2017 (PlayStation Vita), Feb 07, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Feb 10, 2017 (Xbox One)

Uncanny Valley is a survival horror game that includes a mix of exploration, puzzle solving and a bit of action with a lot of optional story content. We're trying to preserve the old survival horror kind of gameplay instead of following the modern trend of creating a third person shooter with horror elements.

Uncanny Valley is a 2015 Action, Adventure, and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (55% of 498 reviews).

1
playing now
55%
positive of 498 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
3.67★
PlayStation Store rating (4,173 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 498 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.20 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-02) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920152026Week of 2015-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 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 — 0 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 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.202015-04-232026-10-102015-04-23 — best price $8.992015-06-10 — best price $9.992015-07-15 — best price $9.992015-08-03 — best price $9.992015-08-27 — best price $4.992015-09-28 — best price $3.392015-10-29 — best price $2.492015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-01-13 — best price $9.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-05-05 — best price $1.992016-05-23 — best price $9.992016-07-08 — best price $9.992016-07-14 — best price $9.992016-10-04 — best price $9.992016-10-28 — best price $0.992016-12-22 — best price $0.992017-06-23 — best price $0.992017-11-22 — best price $0.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-05-16 — best price $9.992018-07-06 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-04-05 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992021-03-08 — best price $8.942022-02-07 — best price $9.992022-04-11 — best price $2.492022-06-20 — best price $1.992026-09-12 — best price $12.992026-10-10 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
17.4%
earned "Playing House"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-04-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)7,52231%12
Xbox One (Xbox)1,33866%12
Steam (Steam)1,0198%18
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionHorrorAdventureGameMakerAtmosphericPixel GraphicsSurvival HorrorAction-Adventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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