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The Salesman

The Salesman

In the Salesman, you play as a recently laid-off employee trying to survive the grind of job applications, debt, and dwindling hope. Trade your belongings for ad-supported replacements as you slowly sell away your life in this psychological horror game

Released Nov 13, 2025 Developer Backstab Industries Publisher Bad Ideas Productions Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux SimulationHorrorPsychological HorrorRetroAdventure
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

81.8%positive747 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“The game is very interesting, but unfortunately some parts get pretty repetitive and if you want to buy the game i reccomend it when it's on sale because sorry to the devs but it ain't worth 5€ / $ that much”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“the salesman jingle is still in my head and its been half a year. play this :D vid of my playthrough!! https://youtu.be/ZXl1rdIubJM?si=oy-4n4meJWoj0uFf”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Shouldn't add achievements if they are unobtainable”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

11achievements
0.2%median completion
0.2%rarest: TEST ACHIEVEMENT DO NOT SHIP !!!
0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
0.2%Laid Off — Complete Day 1
0.2%Tuesdays Am I Right? — Complete Day 2
0.2%Third Time's The Charm — Complete Day 3
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%TEST ACHIEVEMENT DO NOT SHIP !!! — Hidden achievement
0.2%Lost Woods — Hidden achievement
0.2%HELL — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US4.99 USD
EU4.99 EUR
UK4.29 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada6.49 CAD
Japan580 JPY
Brazil16.99 BRL
China22.00 CNY

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

China≈$3.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$5.7

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

Latest official news

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

Nov 29, 2025
Optimization Patch 1.0.5

GREETINGS VALUED CUSTOMER OF CHROMA CORP! We’ve been HARD at WORK trying our best to OPTIMIZE the game for lower end machines and patching the BUGS along the way. Patch Changes: Occlusion culling adde

Nov 14, 2025
Post-Launch Patch 1.0.4

HELLO VALUED CUSTOMER OF CHROMA CORP! Thank you SOO SOO MUCH for YOUR patronage of the game!!!! This LETTER is to inform you of the changes to the CHROMA CORP product you have purchased. Patch Changes

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsSimulation · Horror · Psychological Horror · Retro · Adventure · 3D · Linear · Action-Adventure · Indie · Atmospheric · Story Rich · FMV (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Playable without Timed Input · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements11
Official sitehttps://linktr.ee/badideasproductions
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64 Bit Processor: Quad core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2GB VRAM Storage: 3 GB available space