The Basilisk overview

Overview

The Basilisk comes from Joshua Hughes and is published by Joshua Hughes. It arrived on Steam on Jul 24, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player 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

The Basilisk's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 25 September 2026 - 00:12:19 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 76% positive across 25 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Basilisk is available in 1 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Basilisk has sold up to 806 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $901. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Basilisk overview details

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

Steam Store description

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:

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Basilisk is listed as a game with $0.99. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player and Family Sharing, and is associated with Sexual Content, Violent, Gore, Adventure, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 25 September 2026 - 00:12:19 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 76% positive reviews.

Overview tags

IndieAdventureSexual ContentViolentSimulationGoreHorror

Support and legal notes

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