# Playing God

Summer DB entity ID: 63cd2e69\-e0ab\-4314\-8e1d\-acdc7f3b4e29

Steam App ID: 1358930

Imagine you are the captain of a space station\. A space station suddenly presented with a humanitarian crisis\. When given the choice, who will you save?  Playing God is an interactive VR thought experiment that lets you imagine you are the captain of a space station, suddenly presented with a humanitarian crisis\. It challenges its audience with a series of scenarios and questions based upon the narrative allowing the audience to explore how they would deal with a humanitarian crisis themselves\.   Gameplay 15\-minute experience for VR headsets    Dynamic film with an interactive narrative   FMV style   Multiple narrative threads   Discover different storylines by replaying the experience   NEW: Desktop version available for use without a headset   Supported by:

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Ben Fredericks \[Collaborations\]

- Publisher: Ben Fredericks \[Collaborations\]

- Release date: Sep 7, 2020

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Tracked Controller Support, VR Supported, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1358930/ss\_7d473ab66e844536ffa9dea2be1246a6af93b718\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1600689747, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1358930/ss\_94185c79dcbb45c8bcc1f156304ed4afd8461485\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1600689747, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1358930/ss\_a97e9e208bfe3f807cfa2de5498b910a79db99ca\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1600689747, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1358930/ss\_96b7c576f334fac2c18ab2f125b525055835621d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1600689747, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1358930/ss\_851300d4acdf3aed84c37448c34c45f8f22c0a87\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1600689747, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1358930/ss\_26f6526a0420f185bc1a8a987ba7a324feef681a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1600689747

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 36

- Steam positive reviews: 21

- Steam negative reviews: 15

- Steam positive percentage: 58.333333333333336%

- 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/63cd2e69-e0ab-4314-8e1d-acdc7f3b4e29/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/63cd2e69-e0ab-4314-8e1d-acdc7f3b4e29/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\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-25T02:55:28\.824627\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-25T02:55:30\.111083\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-25T02:55:29\.74638\+00:00

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Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"63cd2e69\-e0ab\-4314\-8e1d\-acdc7f3b4e29","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\}

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.

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