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Vartio

Pepperbox Studios · indie.io · 2025-08-12

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: Kaamos · Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 12, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Patrol a haunted forest as a lone medieval guard in this short psychological horror experience. Leave the safety of your watchtower, listen for threats in the dark, and uncover what's lurking beyond the trees—before paranoia consumes you.

78%
positive of 50 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
$1.35
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 75% of 12,766 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.69

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.05 at GameBillet (2026-04-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 104 of 148 observed days · $0.06 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920252026Week of 2025-08-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$1.052025-08-102026-09-042025-08-10 — best price $1.992025-08-17 — best price $1.382025-08-24 — best price $1.582025-09-04 — best price $1.872025-09-29 — best price $1.322025-10-20 — best price $1.992025-10-31 — best price $1.772025-11-14 — best price $1.772025-11-20 — best price $1.282025-11-27 — best price $1.712025-12-09 — best price $1.392026-01-06 — best price $1.272026-01-13 — best price $1.692026-01-31 — best price $1.692026-02-10 — best price $1.992026-02-25 — best price $1.142026-03-13 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $1.382026-04-07 — best price $1.052026-04-23 — best price $1.282026-05-06 — best price $1.062026-05-13 — best price $1.992026-05-19 — best price $1.672026-05-30 — best price $1.392026-06-06 — best price $1.082026-06-13 — best price $1.692026-06-25 — best price $1.142026-07-14 — best price $1.672026-07-23 — best price $1.052026-08-03 — best price $1.352026-08-13 — best price $1.152026-08-20 — best price $1.602026-08-26 — best price $1.352026-09-04 — best price $1.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Census log

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

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