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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.

Beckett is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $1.99, with a Mostly Positive sentiment based on 73% of 165 reviews and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
73%
positive of 165 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720182026Week of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 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).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
73.1%
earned "Paperwork"
29.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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