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Acolyte: Prologue

Superstring · Superstring · 2021-01-10

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Acolyte: Prologue is the first act in a dynamic narrative detective/puzzle game that gives you your own Acolyte; a digital assistant you can talk to freely without pre-defined dialogue options. Just like a real conversation.

78%
positive of 82 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29 reviews).
  • · Top 51% of 21,021 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420212026Week of 2021-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2D2.5DAbstractStylizedAdventureNarrationNonlinearStory RichExperimentalVisual Novel

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