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Beckett

The Secret Experiment · 2018-02-27

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 27, 2018 (Mac)

A dark and unsettling narrative adventure that will shake you to your core. Take control of a reluctant investigator, trapped in a depraved and despondent world. BAFTA-winning and selected by the V&A for its pioneering narrative design, this disturbingly powerful story is unlike anything you've played.

0
playing now
73%
positive of 165 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 58% of 11,450 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.1k–9.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 165 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2023-03-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 3 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.492018-02-282026-07-282018-02-28 — best price $8.492018-03-13 — best price $8.492018-03-27 — best price $9.992018-05-11 — best price $6.992018-05-24 — best price $9.992018-06-26 — best price $8.492018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-08-23 — best price $4.502018-10-05 — best price $9.992018-10-30 — best price $8.492018-11-27 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $4.992019-03-22 — best price $4.992019-05-24 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-09-09 — best price $2.492019-10-25 — best price $4.252019-11-08 — best price $5.002019-11-28 — best price $4.992019-12-22 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $2.252020-03-06 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-11-02 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-09-12 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-04 — best price $1.992023-10-20 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-05-27 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.792024-12-04 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-07-28 — best price $1.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

GoreIndieNuditySurrealAdventureStory RichAtmosphericVisual NovelPoint & Click

Census log

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

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