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Virginia

Variable State · 505 Games · 2016-09-22

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 22, 2016 (Mac), Sep 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 22, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Sep 22, 2016 (Xbox One)

Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver.

0
playing now
64%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (90 ratings)
2.3h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Virginia is a 2016 first-person mystery adventure video game developed by Variable State and published by 505 Games. The game follows graduate FBI special agent Anne Tarver as she investigates her first case: the disappearance of a boy in rural Virginia.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 84k–203k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,377 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.49-65%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.12-19%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.75 at Savemi (2019-11-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 72 of 102 observed days · $2.74 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
848420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.752016-09-222026-08-302016-09-22 — best price $8.992017-04-04 — best price $9.992017-08-29 — best price $2.492018-01-29 — best price $2.992018-06-19 — best price $9.992018-10-27 — best price $0.892019-02-19 — best price $9.992019-07-19 — best price $1.002019-11-26 — best price $0.752020-02-04 — best price $9.992020-04-18 — best price $8.152020-06-23 — best price $9.992020-08-23 — best price $8.892020-10-16 — best price $9.992020-11-28 — best price $1.492021-02-04 — best price $9.992021-04-01 — best price $9.992021-05-24 — best price $9.992021-08-21 — best price $2.382021-12-13 — best price $1.792022-03-04 — best price $2.492022-05-17 — best price $7.972022-08-24 — best price $7.892023-01-10 — best price $7.992023-05-05 — best price $3.492023-09-11 — best price $2.692024-01-19 — best price $3.492024-04-14 — best price $8.492024-07-29 — best price $8.492024-11-27 — best price $2.172025-03-10 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $3.492025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-02-28 — best price $8.892026-05-22 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6972026-06-01 — 34 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 69 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-13 — 24 pageviews2026-06-16 — 25 pageviews2026-06-19 — 20 pageviews2026-06-22 — 33 pageviews2026-06-25 — 16 pageviews2026-06-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-01 — 21 pageviews2026-07-04 — 22 pageviews2026-07-07 — 16 pageviews2026-07-10 — 17 pageviews2026-07-13 — 31 pageviews2026-07-16 — 24 pageviews2026-07-19 — 12 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-25 — 22 pageviews2026-07-28 — 13 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-18 — 17 pageviews2026-08-21 — 26 pageviews2026-08-24 — 39 pageviews2026-08-27 — 28 pageviews2026-08-29 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
60.2%
earned "Madam"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableCamera ComfortPlayable without Timed InputSteam Input API SupportStereo SoundSubtitle Options1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)15,51775%18
Xbox One (Xbox)5,75256%17
Steam (Steam)4,28716%17

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Indie1990'sCasualHorrorMysteryThrillerAdventureCinematicDetectiveStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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