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CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience
CHANGE is an award nominated homeless survival experience set in a randomly created city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items & kindness to develop your character & escape to a new life. Over 7 years of development & over 200 updates so far!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “satisfying survival loop” (18 of 77 reviews) and “challenging survival progression” (13); the most common complaint is “limited strategic variety” (8). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
18 of the 77 reviews raise this.
13 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“A very interesting idea for a game. It really makes you reflect on the situation of a homeless person. Even though the graphics are simple, you can still sense the depressing and heavy atmosphere, and that’s clearly the…”
“This is a great survival game; it has the key loop of maintaining your stats and trying to get a little farther each day themed around homelessness. Due to the roguelike dynamics, no two runs are the same, which adds to…”
11 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“this game moved me! its scarrier than horror game cuz it represent the harsh reality and can happen to many of us”
“A very interesting idea for a game. It really makes you reflect on the situation of a homeless person. Even though the graphics are simple, you can still sense the depressing and heavy atmosphere, and that’s clearly the…”
9 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“A very interesting idea for a game. It really makes you reflect on the situation of a homeless person. Even though the graphics are simple, you can still sense the depressing and heavy atmosphere, and that’s clearly the…”
“This is a great survival game; it has the key loop of maintaining your stats and trying to get a little farther each day themed around homelessness. Due to the roguelike dynamics, no two runs are the same, which adds to…”
7 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“Tricky subject matter to tackle, but a video game works really well with it. It's a loop of days trying to keep yourself fed and your spirits up - which would be 100% bleak if not for a v catchy perk system where your…”
8 of the 77 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Do I consider CHANGE a good game? Yes. Is it fun to play? Not really. CHANGE is a bleak and disheartening game about surviving as a homeless person. From the moment you start, the game's mechanics all work against you.…”
7 of the 77 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
6 of the 77 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
6 of the 77 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is good, but it's really hard to survive, I think the happiness should not be so easily spent, at least give us a 30 day mercy on that. I was only able to survive 10 days after playing 3 times, you'll…”
“Tricky subject matter to tackle, but a video game works really well with it. It's a loop of days trying to keep yourself fed and your spirits up - which would be 100% bleak if not for a v catchy perk system where your…”
4 of the 77 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 77 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Ive liked this game over the years, as you can tell with the amount of hours played. It gets pretty repetitive at times. I'm terrible at busking, but the perks help so much. Tips: find a shelter with a library/job/bathroom nearby that isn't poorly funded as sometimes those will…”
— a player, Steam review · 147 hrs played“If we set aside the subject matter for a moment, and focus only on Change as a survival game with some rogue like elements, it's thoroughly entertaining. I was hooked immediately and had to keep restarting my run because it was really tough at first! That's the point of…”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played“This game is a session of negative visualization, the kind the Stoics were fond of talking about. It forces you to imagine what it would be like if, one day, everything you usually take for granted suddenly vanished: a roof over your head, food, safety, even a sense of basic…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Another hotfix
Super small one this time! More incoming! ^-^ Fixed the getting stuck in zoomed in mode bug
Hotfix Patch
Hey everyone, just a little mini patch here to bring a little more stability/polish to the game. Got some more mini patches (and medium ones) in the oven, stay tuned! ^-^ - Danny - Balancing When you
Cloud Saving! Plus other improvements
Hey everyone, I'm back with another update! This time it's the long awaited cloud saving plus various stability fixes. I'm never giving up on this thing. Hoping to have some big news for you all soon!
9 Years of development anniversary: EVEN MORE!
Hey everyone, it's time for another update! More polishing and bug fixes/request fulfillments this time and some hefty balancing changes. A bit about me, things aren't great over here. CHANGE doesn't
Another Update! Lots of fixes!
Hey everyone! It's me again! This time around we're just focusing on your reported bugs and general polish, plus one minor change to make paperwork grinding feel less... grindy. Sorry it's been awhile
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Choose Your Own Adventure · Time Management · Rogue-lite · Life Sim · Rogue-like · Character Customization · RPG · Strategy · 2D · Relaxing · Choices Matter · Dynamic Narration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Spanish - Spain |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Official site | https://www.delveinteractive.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.3 Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256mb Graphics card Storage: 500 MB available space