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2026-04-26 ~ 2026-10-30(27 of 105 weeks)
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  • GOG
    -70%$29.99
    $8.99Buy
  • GreenManGamingCheapest
    $29.99Buy
  • Steam
    $29.99Buy
  • Humble Store
    $29.99Buy

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Next sale — estimate

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in 26 daysaround the Autumn sale (~2026-11-25) · expected ~70% off

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Current price
$29.99
$21.00 above all-time low
All-time low (last 24 mo)
$8.99
70% off · 2024-11-27
Average sale cycle
~56 days
roughly every 8 weeks
Total days on sale
123 days
~17% of tracked period
Most common discount
70%
usually lasts 7 days
Last discount
2026-10-07
23 days ago
13 sale periods·Longest full-price stretch: 98 days·Data range 2024-10-30 – 2026-10-30

Price analysis

Over the past 24 months it was discounted 13 times — roughly one sale every 56 days. The most common cut was -70%, and a typical sale ran 7 days. The lowest price in this period was $8.99 (-70%) on Nov 27, 2024; today's price is 234% higher. The last sale was 23 days ago (Oct 7, 2026).

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The Occupation is a fixed-time, investigative thriller set in North West England on Saturday 24th October, 1987.

68MCAdventureIndieWindowsWhite Paper Games · Balor Games

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~100,000 ~ 200,000 owners (est.)

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Immersive SimDetectiveStealthAdventureIndieMystery

From Wikipedia

The Occupation is a single-player adventure video game developed by White Paper Games and released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows on 5 March 2019. The game takes place in a single government building, over four hours of real time. The game advances with or without input from the player, but almost all in-game actions can affect the game's story.

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Recent discounts

PeriodDaysMax offLowMSRP
2026. 10/1 ~ 10/77d-70%$8.99$29.99
2026. 9/16 ~ 9/227d-70%$8.99$29.99
2026. 6/25 ~ 7/814d-70%$8.99$29.99
2026. 3/19 ~ 3/257d-70%$8.99$29.99
2026. 3/5 ~ 3/117d-70%$8.99$29.99
2025. 12/18 ~ 1/418d-70%$8.99$29.99
2025. 11/24 ~ 11/307d-70%$8.99$29.99
2025. 9/29 ~ 10/57d-70%$8.99$29.99

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