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Proteus
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“I lost someone recently. In those first days full of grief and exhaustion from taking care of family matters, before I slept, I'd sit and try to play something to clear my mind. I didn't feel like playing my usual games. Not shooters, not puzzles, something where I could simply…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“My first experiences with Proteus: Gifted this game from a friend. Opens it up, searches for controls, feels lost and confused. Plays game. Oh, is this some survival game like Minecraft? Tries to destroy a tree. Nothing works. Goes back to main screen. Nothing. Goes to store…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“To some, Proteus is a very tranquil and peaceful first person experience, to others it might be dull and pointless. There is nothing really here other than exploring randomly generated islands all in a lo-fi pixelated setting. The game seems to have a base soundtrack of lo-fi…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
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.
Linux Update
Hello everyone! This is a minor housekeeping update for Linux - the Windows and macOS versions were untouched in this update. Simply put, a severe performance regression was discovered recently and it
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Exploration · Walking Simulator · Relaxing · Indie · Casual · Procedural Generation · Experimental · First-Person · Beautiful · Adventure · Atmospheric · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Official site | http://www.visitproteus.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3 Processor: 1.8GHz Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 Hard Drive: 100 MB HD space