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Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case cover art

Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot: The London Case

Blazing Griffin · Microids · 2023-08-29

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ActionAdventureSimulation

Franchise: Agatha Christie · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 29, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 29, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 29, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 29, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 29, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 29, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hercule Poirot is back in a brand-new adventure, set in the heart of London.

57%
positive of 305 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3.54★
PlayStation Store rating (239 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 9h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.1k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 305 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-90%
Steam$2.99-90%
GOG$2.99-90%
GamersGate$6.00-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.64 at GamersGate (2024-06-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 116 of 168 observed days · $0.35 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320232026Week of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$2.992023-04-262026-10-142023-04-26 — best price $99.992023-10-09 — best price $22.892023-11-01 — best price $20.992023-11-25 — best price $23.992023-12-15 — best price $20.992024-01-25 — best price $17.992024-02-26 — best price $19.792024-03-22 — best price $29.992024-04-26 — best price $29.992024-05-25 — best price $24.782024-06-20 — best price $14.992024-07-26 — best price $15.002024-08-30 — best price $24.782024-09-25 — best price $13.202024-10-17 — best price $24.782024-11-21 — best price $8.992024-12-23 — best price $5.992025-02-07 — best price $22.492025-03-13 — best price $8.992025-04-01 — best price $26.692025-05-14 — best price $8.992025-06-18 — best price $8.992025-08-04 — best price $5.992025-08-30 — best price $24.872025-10-09 — best price $24.872025-11-09 — best price $24.872025-12-11 — best price $5.992026-01-15 — best price $5.992026-02-10 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-24 — best price $29.992026-05-20 — best price $5.662026-06-12 — best price $6.002026-07-04 — best price $6.002026-07-23 — best price $29.992026-09-08 — best price $5.992026-09-20 — best price $5.992026-10-02 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
80.6%
earned "Marc Allard"
52.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-11-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)54480%47
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)22665%46
PS4 (PlayStation)20989%47
Steam (Steam)19452%46
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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

Player tags

MysteryAdventureDetectiveIsometricNarrationSimulationStory RichAtmosphericExplorationConversation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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