# The Basilisk

Summer DB entity ID: 35fcda21\-58fe\-40ee\-8db7\-a123740e47a9

Steam App ID: 873410

The Basilisk is a genre\-swapping platformer that focuses on the story of you, a supercomputer, as the last hope to save mankind from an unknown virus\. Aided by your virtual assistant, this journey will test you mentally and physically\.   You will be tasked with solving the puzzles found within the ribonucleic acid sequences of the virus\. But all is not as it seems in a story of choices, brutality and psychological mind games\.  Please refrain from playing if you do not wish to be exposed to potentially dangerous ideas, or if you are especially susceptible to motion sickness or seizures\.   \- 50 Mind\-Bending Levels \- Genre\-swapping Gameplay \- Choice\-based decisions and multiple endings \- Sequel to the award\-winning Archimedes    Listen to the soundtrack for free:

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Joshua Hughes

- Publisher: Joshua Hughes

- Release date: Jul 24, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Sexual Content, Violent, Gore, Adventure, Indie, Simulation

- Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/873410/ss\_8d581a6abec66794c8d0ac9d68fab78c94e508dc\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1572798363, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/873410/ss\_b4238a01f585fa936e41be1037e38106c46b34ad\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1572798363, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/873410/ss\_3830617a858853619f8f344f7899af215a6d51f9\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1572798363, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/873410/ss\_0e81de18a7f71b39ab10327f1553ea8ef00b0b29\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1572798363, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/873410/ss\_1c51e7cfaf5a703cddfcf23c61e75b1fb41e39af\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1572798363

- Price: 99 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 26

- Steam positive reviews: 20

- Steam negative reviews: 6

- Steam positive percentage: 76.92307692307692%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/35fcda21-58fe-40ee-8db7-a123740e47a9/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/35fcda21-58fe-40ee-8db7-a123740e47a9/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T14:31:44\.368358\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T14:31:45\.670226\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T14:31:45\.446092\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/873410/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/35fcda21-58fe-40ee-8db7-a123740e47a9)