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Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome Collector's Edition cover art

Brink of Consciousness: Dorian Gray Syndrome Collector's Edition

MagicIndie · Plug In Digital · 2014-07-18

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 26, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

To free your beloved from captivity, you must venture into a maniacal world in this Special Collector's Edition of BRINK OF CONCIOUSNESS: DORIAN GRAY SYNDROME; an immersive tale of chilling surprise that's chock full of extras including bonus gameplay, concept art, soundtrack, and much more!

1
playing now
86%
positive of 331 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.3k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 331 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99-10%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at Fanatical (2024-12-05) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 13 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720152026Week of 2015-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$0.792015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-08-04 — best price $1.992016-01-13 — best price $1.492016-08-01 — best price $4.992016-11-07 — best price $3.392017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-05-29 — best price $2.492017-11-21 — best price $2.492018-03-19 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-03-14 — best price $3.002019-09-02 — best price $11.992019-12-23 — best price $11.992020-03-09 — best price $2.252020-05-29 — best price $9.992020-07-07 — best price $9.992020-08-10 — best price $2.252020-09-17 — best price $8.992020-10-22 — best price $2.252020-12-04 — best price $8.992021-01-27 — best price $9.992021-03-04 — best price $7.162021-04-07 — best price $8.992021-05-06 — best price $9.992021-06-26 — best price $7.342021-10-03 — best price $9.992021-12-23 — best price $7.342022-02-14 — best price $1.872022-05-26 — best price $8.992022-08-08 — best price $2.092023-03-06 — best price $2.092023-05-16 — best price $8.992023-11-16 — best price $8.992024-05-13 — best price $1.992024-10-11 — best price $1.292025-02-24 — best price $8.992025-09-15 — best price $0.842026-02-09 — best price $0.842026-08-03 — best price $0.842026-08-17 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Japanese, Russian

Player tags

CasualHorrorPuzzleAdventureHidden ObjectPoint & Click

Census log

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

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