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Observation

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App ID 906100
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Devolver Digital
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 39397252
Last Record Update 1 October 2026 – 19:17:30 UTC ()
Release Date 21 May 2020 – 16:24:59 UTC ()
😏 76.17%
5k reviews
5
In-Game
🗺️ Adventure 🌠 Space 🚀 Sci-fi 😱 Horror 🌫 Atmospheric

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Additional Information

Developer Screen Burn
metacritic_name Observation
controller_support full
metacritic_score 79
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/observation?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Devolver Digital
Store Release Date 21 May 2020 – 16:25:09 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 21 May 2020 – 16:24:59 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 29 October 2022 – 06:35:51 UTC () (1667025351)
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Detected Technologies Unity Engine, FMOD SDK, Mono SDK, Resonance_Audio SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • steam_machine_compatibility: 1
  • test_timestamp: 1 April 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5312960
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Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 17 July 2018 – 14:02:32 UTC (), in changelist #4769866
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes

Tags

🌱 Indie 🗺️ Adventure 🌠 Space 🚀 Sci-fi 😱 Horror 🌫 Atmospheric 🧩 Puzzle 📚 Story Rich 🕴 Psychological Horror 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 👤 Singleplayer 🔪 Thriller 🤫 Mystery 👩 Female Protagonist 🐙 Lovecraftian 🚶 Walking Simulator 🙌 First-Person 🤏 Short

Categories

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Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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last_modified2 September 2026 – 18:42:33 UTC
timestamp2 September 2026 – 18:42:33 UTC

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timestamp 12 December 2019 – 22:24:54 UTC

Steam charts

  • 5 players right now
  • 25 24-hour peak
  • 1,034 all-time peak 23 May 2020
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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 16 24-hour peak
  • 88,908 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😏 Mostly Positive
  • 76.17% SteamDB Rating
  • 4,100 78.3% positive reviews
  • 1,135 21.7% negative reviews

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How many players are playing Observation right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 5 players live playing Observation on Steam.

Observation had an all-time peak of 1034 concurrent players on 23 May 2020.

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