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A Golden Wake

Grundislav Games · 2014-10-09

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 09, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 09, 2014 (Mac), Oct 09, 2014 (Linux)

The rise and fall story of a real estate agent in 1920s Miami. Based on historical events. From Francisco González, creator of the Ben Jordan: Paranormal Investigator series, Shardlight, and Lamplight City.

A Golden Wake is a 2014 Adventure, Casual, Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 354 reviews).

1
playing now
75%
positive of 354 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

A Golden Wake is an adventure game developed by Grundislav Games. The game was released on October 9, 2014.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.8k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 354 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%
Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at GOG (2026-09-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 70 of 98 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.492015-06-18 — best price $14.992015-11-12 — best price $3.792016-02-16 — best price $14.992016-11-28 — best price $14.992017-05-15 — best price $4.992017-11-24 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992019-01-11 — best price $3.742019-09-04 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-09-04 — best price $2.992021-03-29 — best price $9.992021-10-11 — best price $9.992022-02-28 — best price $9.992022-09-19 — best price $2.492023-05-22 — best price $1.992023-09-26 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $1.992024-06-17 — best price $9.992024-09-18 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $1.992025-10-07 — best price $1.992025-12-11 — best price $1.992026-03-11 — best price $1.992026-05-17 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $1.992026-09-04 — best price $1.992026-09-16 — best price $1.992026-09-28 — best price $0.992026-10-10 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2032026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-02 — 5 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-10 — 12 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 9 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 10 pageviews2026-06-30 — 12 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 7 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-21 — 4 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 9 pageviews2026-09-06 — 12 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 13 pageviews2026-09-18 — 5 pageviews2026-09-22 — 15 pageviews2026-09-26 — 14 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
38.2%
earned "Smooth Criminal"
17.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudCommentary availableFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)63528%18

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DNoirCrimeIndieRetroShortAmericaColorfulAdventureCapitalism

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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