The Sand Man

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The Sand Man

Short description

“I’ll tell you a scary story. It’s so scary you might not be able to take it. It’s the story of the Sand Man...” This is the second title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Unable to sleep and exhausted, Sophie wanders into a town where everything sleeps. That is where the terror begins...

Developer
Uri Games
Publisher
PLAYISM
Release
Mon, Jan 29, 2018
Price
$2.99
$1.49
50%
best price ever
Reviews
368
Positive
94%
Followers
1,550
Owners (estimated)
20K – 50K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Adventure, Casual, Indie
Features
Steam Trading Cards
Tags
Indie Casual Adventure RPGMaker Horror 2D Pixel Graphics Multiple Endings Story Rich Fantasy Female Protagonist Singleplayer Psychological Horror Anime Atmospheric Dark Dark Fantasy Surreal Violent RPG
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$53ksomewhere between $53k and $78k · roughly 20K–29K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $2.64, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $2.99 launch price. That is 12% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

14 data points since Aug 6, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$51k → ~$53k
Reviews 357 → 368
Followers 1,523 → 1,550
Price $2.99 → $1.49
Positive reviews 93.8% → 94.0%

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. 257 further data points reach back to Jan 1, 2018 — 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: $1.49 on May 21, 2022. That is the current price.

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DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition Jesse Makkonen 5 titles 4 − Casual − RPGMaker + Psychological Horror + Pixel Graphics $4.99 7,635 93% Wed, Oct 21, 2015 $1.3m
$560k – $18.4m

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