Steam Price $4.99
Release Date 11/13/2025
Developer Backstab Industries
Publisher Bad Ideas Productions
Steam App Id 4059360

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

Last Updated: 2/2/2026

2 Players In-Game
Player Score
78
547
112
Platforms
  • Windows
  • Mac
  • Linux
  • Steam Deck (Playable)

About The Salesman

The Salesman is an Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game developed by Backstab Industries. On 11/13/2025, it was released on the Steam Store by Bad Ideas Productions.

It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play The Salesman on the Steam Deck but some functionality may not be fully supported.

According to Steam’s category system, The Salesman supports the following features:

  • Family Sharing
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • Single-player

From the Steam community, The Salesman has been tagged with the following user tags:

  • Psychological
  • Dark
  • Atmospheric
  • Surreal
  • Story Rich
  • 3D
  • Walking Simulator
  • Dark Humor
  • Comedy
  • First-Person
  • Psychological Horror
  • Retro
  • Linear
  • Simulation
  • Action-Adventure
  • Horror
  • Indie
  • FMV
  • Adventure
  • Singleplayer

Media & Sceenshots

Watch the featured video for The Salesman and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.

The Salesman Featured Screenshot #1

Related Packages

The Salesman is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store. A package (or sub) is simply an item that can be purchased on Steam.

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The Salesman data has been sourced from:

  • Valve Corporation. (2026, February 2). The Salesman on Steam. Steam Store.
  • Valve Corporation. (2026, February 2). The Salesman. Steam Community Hub.
  • Backstab Industries. (2025, October 25). The Salesman. The Salesman.

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