Obduction

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Obduction

Short description

A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.

Developer
Cyan, Inc.
Publisher
Cyan, Inc.
Release
Wed, Aug 24, 2016
Price
$29.99
Reviews
3,022
Positive
78%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
200K – 500K
Concurrent players
5
Genres
Adventure, Indie
Features
Tracked Controller Support, VR Supported, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support
Tags
Adventure Puzzle Exploration Indie First-Person Mystery Surreal VR Walking Simulator Atmospheric Story Rich Open World Point & Click Singleplayer Nonlinear Casual Sci-fi Choices Matter FMV Survival
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$6msomewhere between $6m and $7.3m · roughly 200K–242K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $29.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

2 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$6m → ~$6m
Reviews 3,022 → 3,022
Positive reviews 78.3% → 78.3%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 221 further data points reach back to Jun 1, 2016 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $5.99 on Dec 22, 2022.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Obduction is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Adventure + Puzzle + Exploration

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Similar games that found an audience

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FRACT OSC FRACT OSC Phosfiend Systems first game 5 − Mystery + Music $14.99 425 86% Tue, Apr 22, 2014 $275k
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$99k – $1.4m
Ether One Ether One White Paper Games 4 titles 5 − Mystery + Walking Simulator $19.99 321 73% Tue, Mar 25, 2014 $268k
$119k – $1.9m
Sensorium Sensorium Tad Cordle 2 titles 5 − Mystery + Open World $9.99 260 92% Fri, Aug 28, 2020 $186k
$186k – $193k
Subject 13 Subject 13 Paul Cuisset 4 titles 5 − First-Person + Point & Click $9.99 142 55% Thu, May 28, 2015 $56k
$25k – $869k

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