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Slender: The Arrival

Slender: The Arrival

Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

Released Oct 28, 2013 Developer Blue Isle Studios Publisher Blue Isle Publishing Platforms Windows · Mac HorrorSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonMultiplayerIndie
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

88.2%positive9,032 reviews
Recommended · 25 found this helpful

“i was trying to get the speedrun achievements when charlie kirk died”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“Set in an autumnal forest at dusk, this first-person horror experience starts when you find an abandoned vehicle and quickly realize you’re being watched. Darkness falls, your only way to see is a video camera that Slenderman—a tall, thin, teleporting humanoid—feeds on; when the…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“THIS GAME IS AMAZING it really captures the survival horror aspect. It is for sure worth the 20 bucks. This game holds up so well considering it is from 2013. i just want DLC and mod support now.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:48 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

5playing at last check
1324-hour peak
494all-time peak
0 50 100 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 60 avg · Oct 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

21achievements
7.8%median completion
3.0%rarest: Fearless
44.6% of players 28.5% of players 27.6% of players 25.3% of players 20.6% of players 14.0% of players 10.2% of players 10.0% of players 9.8% of players 8.0% of players 7.8% of players 7.6% of players 6.2% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 44.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
44.6%Fearless Fun — Riding a Slide in a Horror Game
28.5%Master Pianist — Play the piano until the first notes from "No Friends" is played
27.6%I...I'll just...take this..I guess? — Pick up an oversized sign and somehow manage to fit it in your scrapbook
Rarest badges of honor
3.0%Fearless — Beat the game on "Hardcore" difficulty
3.2%Retro Fan — Beat the Genesis level on "Hardcore" difficulty
3.2%The Collector II — Find all scrapbook items

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.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU19.50 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 14, 2025
Development Update

First and foremost we want to give a heartfelt thank you to our amazing community, your enthusiasm and support for our titles has been a constant reminder why we do what we love— creating awesome game

Nov 04, 2024
Community Manager Playthrough - Halloween Special

Good afternoon Slender Man Fans. We are coming to an end of the spooky season, and just before we go our Community Manager has a quick playthrough of Slender: The Arrival's 10th Anniversary Update. Fe

Apr 26, 2024
An update from the Slender: The Arrival development team:

We have made the decision to delay the addition of new DLC chapters, multiplayer and cross-platform mods coming to Slender: The Arrival. Our team is working on multiple projects, and to ensure we have

Nov 21, 2023
Slender: The Arrival - Labor of Love

We wanted to put Slender: The Arrival forth for consideration for the Labor of Love award. As you likely know, we have been hard at work building the 10th Anniversary Update which launched on October

Nov 07, 2023
Patch - 07.11.2023 - Removal Of Seasonal Items & Bug Fixes

Hello everyone, We're back with a patch for you today which includes the removal of our Halloween seasonal items as well as a variety of bug fixes. Please see below for more details: Removed seasonal

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsHorror · Survival Horror · First-Person · Multiplayer · Indie · Dark · Psychological Horror · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Walking Simulator · Adventure · Survival (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese *
Achievements21
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.slenderarrival.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64-bit (Version 20H2) or Better Processor: Ryzen 3600 or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 1060 with 4gb of ram or better DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 20 GB available space Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible audio device Additional Notes: SSD Recommended