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Why Not?

Horrific Incorporation · 2021-06-04

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Why Not? is a horror game series, it has one mission for now and it's not easy. You need to fight with a creature and find a notebook for the government!

Why Not? is an Action and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (40% of 15 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
40%
positive of 15 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 86% of 27,658 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.29 at Steam (2023-02-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420212022Week of 2021-06-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-30: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.292021-06-042026-01-052021-06-04 — best price $1.392021-07-12 — best price $0.992021-08-06 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-11-01 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-05 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-04-18 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-09-25 — best price $0.992023-11-02 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $0.992023-12-11 — best price $0.992024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-01-22 — best price $0.992024-03-04 — best price $0.992024-04-15 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $0.992024-11-04 — best price $0.992025-10-27 — best price $2.492025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DFPSActionGothicHorrorSci-fiFantasyMysteryDetectiveRealistic

Census log

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

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