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A Night at the Watermill

Neon Tales · 2024-01-26

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 26, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.

A Night at the Watermill is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2024 for $3.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 61 reviews).

0
playing now
95%
positive of 61 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 61 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-12-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 54 of 80 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920242026Week of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 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 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$2.992024-01-262026-10-142024-01-26 — best price $3.992024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-11-04 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $3.192025-01-03 — best price $3.992025-02-05 — best price $3.992025-02-21 — best price $3.192025-03-14 — best price $3.992025-04-22 — best price $2.992025-05-22 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-08-03 — best price $2.992025-09-25 — best price $2.992025-10-08 — best price $3.992025-11-03 — best price $3.992025-11-17 — best price $2.992026-01-23 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-04-15 — best price $2.992026-05-13 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $3.192026-08-12 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.992026-09-03 — best price $2.992026-09-07 — best price $2.992026-09-11 — best price $3.992026-09-15 — best price $3.992026-09-19 — best price $2.992026-09-23 — best price $2.992026-09-27 — best price $2.992026-10-01 — best price $2.992026-10-05 — best price $2.992026-10-09 — best price $3.992026-10-13 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
100%
earned "Escape Room Beginner"
78%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-01-26 (Steam store data)

Player tags

DarkHorrorThrillerAdventureNarrationHand-drawnStory RichAtmosphericExplorationVisual Novel

Census log

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

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