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Vigil

Singularity Studios · 2025-08-15

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 15, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Vigil is a short Narrative Horror Game that takes place in an unsettling underground facility. Your job is to dispose of boxes, however, you’re not alone. A terrifying automaton roams the facility, moving only when you look away or when you blink in real life.

86%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 61 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (450 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 13,508 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38038020252026Week of 2025-08-15: 323 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 380 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 178 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

6
achievements tracked
89.1%
earned "Welcome To Vigil"
28.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)99612%6

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

Census log

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

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