The Salesman

Simulation· Horror· Psychological Horror· Retro

Released Nov 2025

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

81% positive · 742 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

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Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Steam Updated 11 Oct 2026 $4.99

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Evaluation

The Salesman launched on November 13, 2025 as a complete psychological horror adventure game. The store description and short description present it as a self-contained experience — there is no mention of future content, DLC, expansions, or ongoing updates. No DLC is listed on the store, and the developer has made no announcements about additional content. Following launch, Backstab Industries released two post-launch patches: a bug fix patch on November 14, 2025 (version 1.0.4) addressing various gameplay issues, and a larger optimization patch on November 29, 2025 (version 1.0.5) improving performance and visual systems. These patches reflect normal post-launch maintenance rather than ongoing content development. Developer communications have been quiet since November 29, 2025, which is consistent with a studio that shipped a finished product and wrapped up post-launch housekeeping. There are no roadmaps, season passes, or announced future updates of any kind. The game appears to have launched as a complete, finished experience.

Evidence

Store description presents The Salesman as a self-contained psychological horror adventure with no mention of DLC, updates, or future content

store metadata source ambiguous

medium

Optimization patch (1.0.5) improving performance and fixing visual/audio issues — last developer communication on record

news post · Nov 29, 2025 source development ongoing

low

Media

Details

Developer

Backstab Industries

Publisher

Bad Ideas Productions

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

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Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Simulation Horror Psychological Horror Retro Adventure 3D Linear Action-Adventure Indie Atmospheric Story Rich FMV Dark Walking Simulator Comedy

About this game

NEW FROM CHROMA CORP

HELLO! IT'S ME, THE SALESMAN, HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE LATEST GAME FROM THE CHROMATIC CORPORATION! THE SALESMAN IS AN ANALOG HORROR INSPIRED EXPERIENCE FEATURING ME, THE SALESMAN!

EXPERIENCE CORPORATE TERROR AS YOU LOSE YOUR JOB AND HUNT FOR A NEW ONE IN THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR ADVENTURE! TRY YOUR BEST TO PULL YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS, KIDDO!