Rank 01- $7.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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- Released: 2025
- Developer: Backstab Industries
- Price: $4.99checked Nov 7
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 82% of 655 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
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About The Salesman
The closest matches to The Salesman: Midnight Crane, Who's at the door?, Silent Still, Manivore, and Revenge Of The Colon. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Salesman is your kind of game, the closest matches are Midnight Crane, Who's at the door? and Silent Still — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About The Salesman: In the Salesman, you play as a recently laid-off employee trying to survive the grind of job applications, debt, and dwindling hope. Trade your belongings for ad-supported replacements as you slowly sell away your life in this psychological horror game
Is The Salesman worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 82% of 655 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 1 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.1 h played before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“i really want to like this game but i cant it is really short mouse movements are inconsistent the settings menu sucks badly optimized some of the text is just default arial bad ideas stuff everywhere you go if you hold E you can interact…”
“The achievements haven't popped for a single person that's played this game. Otherwise, it's okay. I'll change it to "recommended" for at least the funny parts if they make achievements achievable.”
People who play it also play: Midnight Crane, Who's at the door?, Silent Still
Frequently asked about The Salesman
Can I run it?
Does The Salesman run on Steam Deck?
The Salesman is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does The Salesman cost?
The Salesman is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Salesman?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Salesman are Midnight Crane, Who's at the door?, Silent Still.
Who developed The Salesman?
The Salesman was developed by Backstab Industries and published by Bad Ideas Productions.