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A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight

Hosted Games · 2015-11-20

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Nov 19, 2015 (iOS), Nov 20, 2015 (Linux), Nov 20, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 20, 2015 (Mac)

Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!

96%
positive of 178 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 26,343 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.5k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 178 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2015-11-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420152026Week of 2015-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$2.992015-11-202026-07-092015-11-20 — best price $2.992015-12-22 — best price $2.992016-02-05 — best price $2.992016-06-23 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $2.992018-06-21 — best price $2.992018-11-21 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $2.992019-06-26 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992019-12-19 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-11-25 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-05-05 — best price $2.992022-06-24 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-01-19 — best price $6.992023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-11-28 — best price $6.992024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-12-04 — best price $6.992025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-10-06 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
60.5%
earned "One Man's Life"
19.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieSteampunkStory RichText-BasedInteractive FictionChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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