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Adventures of Bertram Fiddle 1: A Dreadly Business cover art

Adventures of Bertram Fiddle 1: A Dreadly Business

Rumpus · Chorus Worldwide Games · 2015-04-02

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 13, 2015 (Mac), Dec 11, 2014 (iOS), Mar 29, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 28, 2015 (Android), May 08, 2019 (Xbox One), Apr 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A classic point and click adventure game, featuring weird and wonderful characters, beautiful animation and a fantastic soundtrack. "It is quite possibly one of the finest point-and-click comedy murder mystery adventure games set in Victorian London you will play today" - Bertram Fiddle

Adventures of Bertram Fiddle 1: A Dreadly Business is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2015, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 527 reviews).

0
playing now
85%
positive of 529 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 529 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-10-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 52 of 103 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320162026Week of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Apr 2015Apr 2022Apr 2015 — avg 2 · peak 11Jun 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 9Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 12Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3

▼ −1 avg players (−47.1%) vs prior month — Apr 2022

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$8.99$0.492015-04-022026-08-292015-04-02 — best price $4.792015-12-01 — best price $5.992016-10-28 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $2.992018-04-20 — best price $5.992019-03-21 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-10-29 — best price $0.492022-01-27 — best price $1.992023-03-16 — best price $2.492024-03-14 — best price $1.242024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-10-01 — best price $8.992024-11-18 — best price $0.752024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-02-10 — best price $0.642025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-15 — best price $0.492025-06-27 — best price $1.992025-08-04 — best price $0.622025-09-03 — best price $0.702025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-11-13 — best price $4.992025-12-08 — best price $0.702025-12-31 — best price $4.992026-01-26 — best price $4.992026-02-26 — best price $4.992026-03-30 — best price $4.992026-05-01 — best price $4.992026-06-01 — best price $0.622026-07-14 — best price $0.492026-08-10 — best price $0.752026-08-29 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieCasualComedyClassicMysteryAdventureDetectiveSteampunk

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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