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Void Stranger

System Erasure · 2023-09-01

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 01, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Place your faith and embrace the Void.

Void Stranger is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 3593 reviews).

42
playing now
91%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (190 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

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

Void Stranger is a 2023 sokoban-style puzzle video game created by independent Finnish developer System Erasure. Players control a character descending to the bottom of a labyrinth while solving puzzles to progress. The game features layered secrets and mechanics that gradually change the gameplay. The game is known for its difficulty, as well as the complexity of its storyline.

Trailer

Void Stranger trailer thumbnail

Void Stranger - Release Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 485 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~61/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,778 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 72k–162k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,593 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.23 at Steam (2025-04-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34134120232026Week of 2023-09-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

64172026-09-15 00:00 — 45 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 21 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 46 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 30 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 34 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 44 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 24 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 26 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 52 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 38 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 27 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 45 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 44 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 25 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 64 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 61 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 21 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 46 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 43 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 31 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 46 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 38 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
14026Sep 2023Aug 2026Sep 2023 — avg 136 · peak 321Oct 2023 — avg 55 · peak 142Nov 2023 — avg 32 · peak 64Dec 2023 — avg 39 · peak 112Jan 2024 — avg 109 · peak 228Feb 2024 — avg 90 · peak 182Mar 2024 — avg 44 · peak 94Apr 2024 — avg 49 · peak 99May 2024 — avg 43 · peak 80Jun 2024 — avg 37 · peak 77Jul 2024 — avg 48 · peak 95Aug 2024 — avg 41 · peak 196Sep 2024 — avg 94 · peak 288Oct 2024 — avg 42 · peak 79Nov 2024 — avg 30 · peak 65Dec 2024 — avg 41 · peak 116Jan 2025 — avg 53 · peak 144Feb 2025 — avg 36 · peak 81Mar 2025 — avg 34 · peak 96Apr 2025 — avg 62 · peak 150May 2025 — avg 47 · peak 111Jun 2025 — avg 26 · peak 65Jul 2025 — avg 140 · peak 610Aug 2025 — avg 122 · peak 288Sep 2025 — avg 47 · peak 141Oct 2025 — avg 40 · peak 87Nov 2025 — avg 40 · peak 84Dec 2025 — avg 55 · peak 145Jan 2026 — avg 68 · peak 147Feb 2026 — avg 40 · peak 84Mar 2026 — avg 33 · peak 69Apr 2026 — avg 38 · peak 86May 2026 — avg 63 · peak 118Jun 2026 — avg 45 · peak 106Jul 2026 — avg 63 · peak 130Aug 2026 — avg 43 · peak 84
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$9.232023-09-012026-07-092023-09-01 — best price $10.792023-09-08 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $10.192024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $10.192024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-12-19 — best price $9.592025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-04-21 — best price $9.232025-04-28 — best price $11.992025-06-26 — best price $9.592025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $9.592026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $9.592026-07-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

679512026-06-01 — 71 pageviews2026-06-05 — 89 pageviews2026-06-09 — 58 pageviews2026-06-13 — 95 pageviews2026-06-17 — 110 pageviews2026-06-21 — 80 pageviews2026-06-25 — 125 pageviews2026-06-29 — 141 pageviews2026-07-03 — 80 pageviews2026-07-07 — 116 pageviews2026-07-11 — 99 pageviews2026-07-15 — 97 pageviews2026-07-19 — 71 pageviews2026-07-23 — 92 pageviews2026-07-27 — 106 pageviews2026-07-31 — 79 pageviews2026-08-04 — 78 pageviews2026-08-08 — 81 pageviews2026-08-12 — 60 pageviews2026-08-16 — 100 pageviews2026-08-20 — 55 pageviews2026-08-24 — 96 pageviews2026-08-28 — 143 pageviews2026-09-01 — 102 pageviews2026-09-05 — 120 pageviews2026-09-09 — 96 pageviews2026-09-13 — 67 pageviews2026-09-17 — 53 pageviews2026-09-21 — 75 pageviews2026-09-25 — 51 pageviews2026-09-29 — 68 pageviews2026-10-03 — 65 pageviews2026-10-07 — 187 pageviews2026-10-11 — 138 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
100%
earned "Pendant"
100%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Finnish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-11-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,944100%1

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

2DIndieRetroPuzzleMysterySokobanTop-DownAdventureDifficultStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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