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Reflector, the studio behind Unknown 9: Awakening, is being shut down. The Steam Key is at €5.16 (€6.33 with fees), 10 cents above its all-time low.
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On 10 November Bandai Namco approved the dissolution and liquidation of Reflector Entertainment, the Montreal studio it bought six years ago. The publisher puts the cost at around €21 million and gives two reasons: Unknown 9: Awakening didn't sell, and it is reviewing its portfolio. The plans to turn Unknown 9 into a multimedia franchise are gone with it.
Unknown 9: Awakening was Reflector's only game. It's a single-player action adventure that came out in October two years ago on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series and Xbox One, and the reviews were mostly negative. Players on Steam are kinder: 156 of 284 reviews are positive, 55%, which Steam labels "Mixed".
What happens to the game now
With no studio left, don't expect more patches or new content. What you see now is what you get. Bandai Namco hasn't said anything about servers, updates or taking the game off sale, so for now it's still sold as normal on every store, and since it's a single-player game there's no online mode at stake.
The PC version is almost at its lowest ever
Steam charges €19.99 (no fees) and isn't running a sale. The cheapest Steam Key this morning is at Gamivo: €5.16 (€6.33 with fees) with the coupon GCDKGamivo. With fees included that's 68% less than on Steam.
For some context, here are the key prices we've tracked since launch (all before fees):
- Launch price: €26.39
- Usual price (median): €6.99
- All-time low: €5.06, on 5 November
So today's offer sits ten cents above the lowest price we've ever seen. In 292 days of data it has only been cheaper on 13 of them.
Buy now or wait?
We'd buy now if you were already planning to play it. The studio closing doesn't add a discount on top, and there's very little room left to fall: at best you'd save a few cents. Waiting only makes sense if you're aiming for something under €5, and nothing in the history suggests that's coming. If that's your number, a price alert will email you when the key gets there. If not, you can compare every store and grab the Unknown 9: Awakening key on its page.
You'll also see a Steam Account at Key4Games for €4.76 (€5.19 with fees) with the coupon GOCDKEYS16. That's a login to someone else's Steam account, so the game never goes into your own library. For barely a euro more, the key is yours for good.
Xbox and PS5
On Xbox the cheapest key is also at Gamivo, €11.46 (€12.85 with fees) with GCDKGamivo, against €19.99 (no fees) on the Microsoft Store. It's been cheaper than that more often than not, so there's less hurry: see the Xbox offers. On PS5 the only key is the PlayStation Store's at €19.99 (no fees); the cheaper options on the PS5 page are accounts, so the game wouldn't be yours either.
Prices checked on the morning of 11 November.
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