What is the cheapest place to buy Despair?

Steam at $0.99 — an official store, and the lowest of the 1 store we compare for your region. Prices update through the day, so check the table above before buying.

No — Despair is a paid game. The cheapest we can find it is $0.99.

Has Despair ever been cheaper?

Yes — the lowest we have tracked is $0.09. It is $0.99 today.

Can I play Despair on Mac?

Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Despair. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.

Is Despair multiplayer?

No — Steam lists Despair as single-player only.

Is Despair on PC Game Pass?

No — Despair is not on PC Game Pass right now. The best price to buy it right now is $0.99.

Despair (2015)

AGC · May 13, 2015 · Indie, Horror, Action, First-Person, Adventure

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$0.99

lowest tracked $0.09

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Where to buy Despair — official stores

Steam

Standard Edition · Steam

$0.99

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Despair price by region

Despair costs £0.79 in the United Kingdom, $0.79 in Georgia (USD), $0.99 in the United States, €0.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$1.09 in Canada, NZ$1.19 in New Zealand and R$2.19 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Despair offer in each region, in local currency
Region	Best price	Official store	Key shop	Stores
United Kingdom	£0.79	£0.79	—	1
Georgia (USD)	$0.79	$0.79	—	1
United Statesyour region	$0.99	$0.99	—	1
Europe (EUR)	€0.99	€0.99	—	1
Canada	CA$1.09	CA$1.09	—	1
New Zealand	NZ$1.19	NZ$1.19	—	1
Brazil	R$2.19	R$2.19	—	1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Despair

✦ AI summary

Wake up in an abandoned subway tunnel with nothing but a dying flashlight and fragmented notes from missing passengers, exploring the creeping darkness to uncover what happened to everyone—including yourself. This indie horror game combines resource scarcity and environmental storytelling as you piece together a mystery that may have no answers at all.

«Despair» - indie-horror video game.

The main character wakes up in a tunnel of the subway and tries to find out that happened to it and other passengers of the train. To understand that after all it happened to the gone passengers, the player should investigate strange catacombs being deeply underground.
At himself the player has only a small lamp batteries to which very quickly come to an end.
As the player has to collect notes left other people to understand that happened.

Purpose:
Wandering about subway tunnels the player has to find all notes the subway scattered in frightening catacombs and try that after all it happened to passengers and to him...
And can be anybody the answer and isn't present...

Despair — game info

Platforms: Windows
Player modes: Single-player
PC Game Pass: Not included

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Despair price history

Despair is $0.99 at Steam right now, compared across 1 store. The lowest we have tracked is $0.09.

2026-09-26low $0.99 · now $0.99

Despair price changes · since 26 Sep 2026
Date	Price	Store
26 Sep 2026	$0.99	Steam

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Despair — questions & answers

What is the cheapest place to buy Despair?: Steam at $0.99 — an official store, and the lowest of the 1 store we compare for your region. Prices update through the day, so check the table above before buying.
Is Despair free?: No — Despair is a paid game. The cheapest we can find it is $0.99.
Has Despair ever been cheaper?: Yes — the lowest we have tracked is $0.09. It is $0.99 today.
Can I play Despair on Mac?: Not natively — Steam lists no macOS version of Despair. Mac players would need a cloud gaming service or a Windows compatibility layer.
Is Despair multiplayer?: No — Steam lists Despair as single-player only.
Is Despair on PC Game Pass?: No — Despair is not on PC Game Pass right now. The best price to buy it right now is $0.99.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Despair is a survival horror game with an intriguing premise about investigating a subway disaster, but players overwhelmingly report serious technical problems including glitches, clipping through level geometry, broken mechanics like the flashlight system, and key binding issues that make it difficult to play. While some appreciate the atmosphere and story concept, the majority of reviewers found the experience marred by bugs and lack of genuine scares, with many strongly advising against purchasing the game.

Not recommended Apr 4, 2026

Alt F4 is the best key for this "game".

8 found this helpful

Recommended Dec 2, 2025

This intense survival horror experience immerses you in heart-pounding scares and strategic escapes 👻! Gripping story, stunning atmosphere, and thrilling challenges make every moment unforgettable. A must-play for horror fans!

2 found this helpful

Not recommended Jul 23, 2026

It's a good game that I enjoyed but then after a while I didn't because of the erronous gameplay mechanics

Not recommended Jun 26, 2026

Despair is what you will feel after playing this game. Lots of glitches, barely any scares, and I had to replay the game two times because the flashlight system broke the first time while I ended up clipping out of bounds the second time. If you want a horror game with an interesting story about a main character investigating what happened to a subway and its passengers, this isn't it.

Not recommended Jun 8, 2026

I would just like to save everyone some time with their life and don't buy this game. I completed this game and felt like my whole life was a failure, wouldnt wish this upon my worst enemy, and I would rather severely injure then to complete this game a second time, 0/10 wouldnt recomend

Not recommended Aug 21, 2025

Played for 20 minutes on Steam Deck as part of a project to skim across my backlog. Had to manually bind keys like Shift and B. This is a very rudimentary Unity prototype with, as far as I played, no interesting ideas. Will not finish.

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