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A Death in the Red Light

Mystery City Games BV · 2024-09-23

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
69%
positive of 49 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 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)

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  • · Top 78% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 81 of 110 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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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).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DNoirCrimePuzzleMysteryStylizedDetectiveComic BookConspiracyStory Rich

Census log

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