The Skin Stapler

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The Skin Stapler

Short description

The Skin Stapler is a retro-styled PSX grindhouse horror adventure set in the rotting, crime-soaked sprawl of Carrion City. Players follow jaded detective Dick Slater and his eager rookie partner Robbie Knox as they hunt a mysterious serial killer known only as The Skin Stapler.

Developer
Tainted Pact
Publisher
Assemble Entertainment
Release
Thu, Aug 06, 2026
Price
$14.99
Reviews
510
Positive
90%
Followers
2,712
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Action, Indie
Tags
–
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$300ksomewhere between $153k and $300k · roughly 10K–20K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $14.99 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

12 data points since Aug 4, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$0 → ~$300k
Reviews 0 → 510
Followers 2,296 → 2,712
Price $11.99 → $14.99
Positive reviews 88.9% → 90.4%

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.

Lowest recorded price: $9.74 on Oct 3, 2026.

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