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Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace cover art

Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace

Twin Sails Interactive · 2021-03-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 23, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 23, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 03, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Mar 03, 2021 (Xbox One)

Inspired by the award-winning board game franchise, Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace is an investigation game served with turn-based combat, set in the cult universe of H.P. Lovecraft.

Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace is an Adventure, RPG game released in 2021, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 716 reviews).

2
playing now
63%
positive of 716 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (197 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace is a digital adaptation of the board game Arkham Horror developed by Artefacts Studio and published by Asmodee Digital. It combines gameplay from adventure games and tactical role-playing games.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 225% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (274 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 28,764 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 716 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Humble Store (2026-01-22) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 64 of 110 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17117120212026Week of 2021-03-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.02$4.992021-02-232026-10-142021-02-23 — best price $15.992021-06-09 — best price $15.992021-08-18 — best price $19.162021-12-13 — best price $9.992022-03-21 — best price $9.992022-05-02 — best price $17.662022-07-26 — best price $19.992022-09-15 — best price $7.992022-12-12 — best price $9.992023-03-07 — best price $19.992023-05-05 — best price $7.992023-07-24 — best price $7.992023-10-25 — best price $7.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-02-14 — best price $7.992024-05-03 — best price $7.992024-07-16 — best price $7.992024-09-25 — best price $7.992024-11-26 — best price $7.992025-01-08 — best price $7.992025-03-17 — best price $19.992025-06-15 — best price $19.992025-08-13 — best price $6.992025-09-19 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $6.992025-12-03 — best price $6.992026-01-15 — best price $6.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-04-14 — best price $4.992026-05-25 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-12 — best price $4.992026-09-01 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $19.992026-09-17 — best price $4.992026-09-25 — best price $4.992026-10-03 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2732026-05-30 — 11 pageviews2026-06-03 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 9 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 10 pageviews2026-06-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-17 — 11 pageviews2026-07-21 — 4 pageviews2026-07-25 — 7 pageviews2026-07-29 — 10 pageviews2026-08-02 — 20 pageviews2026-08-06 — 15 pageviews2026-08-10 — 24 pageviews2026-08-14 — 12 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-30 — 13 pageviews2026-09-03 — 7 pageviews2026-09-07 — 9 pageviews2026-09-11 — 9 pageviews2026-09-15 — 7 pageviews2026-09-19 — 8 pageviews2026-09-23 — 7 pageviews2026-09-27 — 10 pageviews2026-10-01 — 4 pageviews2026-10-05 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
63.9%
earned "Party Crasher"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6524%20
PS4 (PlayStation)3069%20
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

RPGHorrorAdventureBoard GameExplorationLovecraftianTurn-Based Combat

Census log

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

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