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The Boogie Man

The Boogie Man

"You are the player, and must chase the Boogie Man. If you catch him, you win! And that's the happy ending, but if you don't..." This is the third title in the Strange Man series. Keith tours a castle with his wife, Helena. Sit back, and enjoy tonight's entertainment: A horrific display of murder.

Released Feb 12, 2018 Developer Uri Games Publisher PLAYISM Platforms Windows AdventureIndieHorrorCasualPixel Graphics
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.

82.8%positive302 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“there is an oingo boingo reference so it automatically gets a 10/10 score from me.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Probably my second favorite entry in this series. I really like the plot and how the gameplay is structured, even though the puzzles were pretty hard to figure out sometimes (they are not intuitive at all, most of the time). I really liked how it connected all the characters…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Confusing ahh game Other games in the series are better”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-09 via SteamCharts.

7all-time peak
0 2 5 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 2 avg · Aug 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

28achievements
33.6%median completion
13.7%rarest: The Boogie Wuz Here
74.8% of players 70.9% of players 67.5% of players 66.6% of players 63.5% of players 58.6% of players 56.1% of players 55.8% of players 55.4% of players 47.6% of players 46.4% of players 39.3% of players 35.9% of players 35.0% of players 33.6% of players 33.1% of players 32.6% of players 32.0% of players 29.4% of players 28.6% of players 27.3% of players 26.1% of players 24.8% of players 20.6% of players 18.7% of players 16.4% of players 15.6% of players 13.7% of players 74.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.8%First Person — Hidden achievement
70.9%Second Person — Hidden achievement
67.5%One Last Cup — After the phone call, go back to the dining hall and speak to the characters
Rarest badges of honor
13.7%The Boogie Wuz Here — Read all of the red messages
15.6%White Room — Hidden achievement
16.4%Boogie's Fine Tonight — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$2.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$1.49lowest since tracking began2026-09-09
US2.99 USD
EU2.99 EUR
UK2.09 GBP
Australia4.50 AUD
Canada3.39 CAD
Japan298 JPY
Brazil6.49 BRL
China15.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$1.3 Japan China Canada UK US Australia EU≈$3.4

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $2.5 $5 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

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

Aug 06, 2026
New Patch Update

Dear Fans, Thank you for playing THE BOOGIE MAN. The following changes have been made in this patch. Changed the language setting so that it is configured within the game itself, rather than through t

Mar 23, 2026
New Patch Update

Dear Fans, Thank you for playing THE BOOGIE MAN. The following changes have been made in this patch. Changed some fonts. Thank you for your continued support!

May 09, 2022
New Patch Update

Dear Fans, Thank you for playing THE BOOGIE MAN. The following changes have been made in this patch. Fixed minor bugs. Thank you for your continued support!

Mar 24, 2022
New Patch Update

Dear Fans, Thank you for playing THE BOOGIE MAN. The following changes have been made in this patch. Fixed minor bugs . Thank you for your continued support!

Mar 15, 2022
[THE HANGED MAN] Chinese language support update and the commemorative sale!

To all of our fans, Thank you for playing The BOOGIE Man. We are pleased to announce that we have added Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese to the supported languages for The Hanged Man, the fi

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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.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Indie · Horror · Casual · Pixel Graphics · Dark · RPGMaker · Singleplayer · 2D · Anime · Atmospheric · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean *
Achievements28
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or Greater Processor: Intel Core 2 1.06Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 200 MB available space