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A Death in the Red Light

Mystery City Games BV · 2024-09-23

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Amsterdam, 1988. A dead body in the Red Light District, the Dutch capital of sex and drugs, is a washed-up detective’s one shot at redemption. Explore the seedy underbelly of Europe’s most notorious city, solve complex puzzles, and crack the case while experiencing Amsterdam at its worst.

A Death in the Red Light is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2024, priced at $6.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (70% of 50 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
70%
positive of 50 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 04:00 UTC (census sample)

It’s 1988 and things couldn’t be worse. Amsterdam is a city awash in illicit drugs, sex trade, and organized crime. Someone turns up dead every day, usually in the infamous Red Light District, where every vice is for sale. This night is different: The dead body is not just another unidentified stiff doomed to obscurity. He’s a disgraced cop’s last ticket back onto the force. A Death in the Red Light is an adaptation of the critically acclaimed puzzle game of the same name, set in historic Amsterdam at its lowest point. The decaying city seems doomed, with landmarks blighted by junkies, crimin(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (23 reviews).
  • · Top 54% of 28,693 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.95 at GameBillet (2025-11-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 70 of 94 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220242026Week of 2024-09-23: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.832024-09-212026-08-222024-09-21 — best price $14.992024-09-30 — best price $8.502024-11-13 — best price $9.992024-12-13 — best price $8.992025-01-13 — best price $9.992025-01-24 — best price $8.492025-02-20 — best price $7.192025-03-06 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-04-05 — best price $5.592025-04-23 — best price $9.992025-05-05 — best price $5.742025-05-28 — best price $9.992025-06-20 — best price $5.392025-07-14 — best price $5.942025-08-05 — best price $7.902025-08-23 — best price $6.992025-09-08 — best price $7.902025-09-29 — best price $5.592025-10-08 — best price $9.992025-10-22 — best price $6.942025-11-04 — best price $7.992025-11-11 — best price $6.292025-11-22 — best price $5.152025-12-07 — best price $9.992025-12-13 — best price $7.992026-01-07 — best price $9.992026-01-17 — best price $5.522026-02-04 — best price $5.512026-02-17 — best price $5.592026-03-09 — best price $5.492026-03-26 — best price $6.942026-04-07 — best price $4.832026-04-28 — best price $5.522026-05-28 — best price $9.992026-08-22 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
70.8%
earned "Yeeeeaaaaah!"
49.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DNoirCrimePuzzleMysteryStylizedDetectiveComic BookConspiracyStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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