The Housewife overview

Overview

The Housewife comes from Colossal Wreck and is published by Back To Basics Gaming. It arrived on Steam on Aug 25, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Housewife's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 07:03:42 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2,011. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 43% positive across 292 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Housewife is available in 1 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Housewife has sold up to 16,656 units and has 102 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $49,319. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Housewife overview details

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

Steam Store description

INTO THE PSYCHE OF THE VICTIM The Housewife is a parable on spouse abuse. The story follows a day in the life of an unnamed housewife and her every desire to please her husband. She lives an illusioned life and has forgotten the world outside her husband, kids and home. Take on the role of the housewife and make sure the house is maintained, she lives to keep her husband happy. Learn how the world changes for an abused person. She believes that he only beats her when she disappoints him. Get deep inside the functioning psyche of a victim of abuse. FACTS ABOUT ABUSE: ( according to NCADV, WHO, huffingtonpost ) Every 9 seconds in the US, a woman is assaulted or beaten. On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. Women between the ages of 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner. Recent global prevalence figures indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. Children who grow up in families where there is violence may suffer a range of behavioural and emotional disturbances. These can also be associated with perpetrating or experiencing violence later in life. Domestic victimization is correlated with a higher rate of depression and suicidal behavior. Number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan and Iraq: 6,614: Number of women, in the same period, killed as the result of domestic violence in the US: 1…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Housewife is listed as a game with $1.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 07:03:42 UTC, a tracked peak of 2,011, and 43% positive reviews.

Overview tags

IndieSimulationFemale ProtagonistAbstractExperimentalCasualDarkShortSurrealAtmosphericGreat SoundtrackPsychological HorrorFirst-Person

Support and legal notes

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