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Art of Murder - The Secret Files cover art

Art of Murder - The Secret Files

City Interactive S.A. · 2018-07-13

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 22, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

While working in Mexico and aiding in the fight against the Mexican drug cartels, DEA Specialist Professor J. Brenner was kidnapped by the cartel after an undercover Special Agent was murdered. Help Nicole Bonnet to uncover the clues and solve the case behind the terrible murder and kidnapping.

16%
positive of 103 reviews
Very Negative
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 24,053 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–6.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 103 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.77-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.77 at Fanatical (2025-04-14) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 54 of 78 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320182026Week of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.772018-07-132026-10-012018-07-13 — best price $3.992019-02-04 — best price $1.492019-07-12 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-03-27 — best price $4.992020-07-03 — best price $4.992020-10-06 — best price $2.492020-11-26 — best price $1.002021-01-18 — best price $1.492021-03-29 — best price $1.492021-06-18 — best price $3.662021-08-31 — best price $3.662021-11-20 — best price $4.992022-01-22 — best price $4.992022-03-05 — best price $4.992022-05-16 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $3.662022-08-30 — best price $4.482022-11-16 — best price $3.662023-01-09 — best price $1.992023-03-27 — best price $4.992023-06-08 — best price $4.992023-08-14 — best price $4.992023-11-16 — best price $3.662024-01-29 — best price $4.992024-04-23 — best price $1.702024-08-01 — best price $3.662024-12-30 — best price $1.002025-06-13 — best price $0.992025-10-13 — best price $0.792025-12-18 — best price $0.952026-02-24 — best price $3.662026-05-09 — best price $0.992026-07-13 — best price $4.992026-09-29 — best price $3.732026-10-01 — best price $0.77
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish

Player tags

AdventureHidden Object

Census log

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

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