Californium overview

Overview

Californium comes from Darjeeling, Nova Production, ARTE France and is published by ARTE France. It arrived on Steam on Feb 17, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Californium's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 5 October 2026 - 05:42:15 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 70% positive across 405 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Californium is available in 3 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Californium has sold up to 7,743 units and has 268 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $51,695. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Californium overview details

Californium combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Taking the form of wacky shenanigans and a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall, The Man in the High Castle, etc.) by transporting you into the life of a writer who is searching for his own identity. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ? Berkeley, 1967. Experience the perils of coming down off acid, a post-breakup bout of depression, and the anguish of a dying career: Welcome to the life of Elvin Green, a science fiction writer in deep distress. Get ready for a sensory trip that will derail your sense of reality and replace it with powerful hallucinations. You spend your time and money on drugs and cheap alcohol, and are plagued by insomnia and struggles with blank page syndrome. Vague memories of your wife Thea and your editor Don bleed into each other. Everything you thought was real starts to crumble. It would be so simple to give in to the promises of alternate realities, each one more attractive than the next… Will you let these ever-present voices take control of your mind? Californium plunges you into a psychedelic world, leaving you searching for glitches in the matrix. Darjeeling, Nova Production and ARTE France are proud to present this downright love letter to the world of Philip K. Dick. Experience counterintuitive art direction by Olivier Bonhomme (Homo Machina), an exhilarating soundtrack by Xavier Thiry, and an incredible performance by actor Paul Bandey in the part of the mysterious Theta.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Californium is listed as a game with $0.90 (87% off from $6.99). It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 5 October 2026 - 05:42:15 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 70% positive reviews.

Overview tags

PsychedelicSci-fiExperimentalColorfulPoint & ClickSurrealInteractive FictionExplorationAdventureInvestigationIndieCasualFirst-PersonHidden ObjectAtmospheric

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Support and legal notes

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