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CaseCracker cover art

CaseCracker

BlackRobe · 2022-12-19

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: May 19, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

No flashy visuals, just pure mental gymnastics. Actively search, cross-reference, and unravel the truth from a complex database. In this hardcore text-based deduction game, the devil is always in the details. Detective, are you ready?

CaseCracker is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG game released in 2022, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 3478 reviews).

41
playing now
89%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

CaseCracker trailer thumbnail

[Official Launch Trailer] CaseCracker | Dec 15 on Steam

≈227 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 41 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 336 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity up 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 70k–157k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,482 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-05-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27727720222026Week of 2022-05-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7622026-09-15 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 20 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 50 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 54 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 76 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 38 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 42 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 23 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 35 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 18 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 53 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 43 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 45 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 46 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15913May 2022Aug 2026May 2022 — avg 159 · peak 408Jul 2022 — avg 55 · peak 201Sep 2022 — avg 16 · peak 58Nov 2022 — avg 19 · peak 82Jan 2023 — avg 109 · peak 431Mar 2023 — avg 27 · peak 93May 2023 — avg 59 · peak 242Jul 2023 — avg 64 · peak 250Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 47Nov 2023 — avg 23 · peak 75Jan 2024 — avg 16 · peak 51Mar 2024 — avg 24 · peak 91May 2024 — avg 72 · peak 365Jul 2024 — avg 39 · peak 124Sep 2024 — avg 26 · peak 87Nov 2024 — avg 33 · peak 136Jan 2025 — avg 25 · peak 85Mar 2025 — avg 22 · peak 77May 2025 — avg 15 · peak 81Jul 2025 — avg 31 · peak 97Sep 2025 — avg 23 · peak 81Nov 2025 — avg 25 · peak 93Jan 2026 — avg 49 · peak 212Mar 2026 — avg 43 · peak 158May 2026 — avg 136 · peak 574Jul 2026 — avg 64 · peak 197Aug 2026 — avg 57 · peak 179
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$3.992022-05-192026-08-162022-05-19 — best price $8.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-09-30 — best price $7.992022-11-14 — best price $9.992022-12-14 — best price $7.992023-02-27 — best price $9.992023-06-30 — best price $6.992023-07-31 — best price $9.992023-11-09 — best price $6.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-03-04 — best price $6.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-07-22 — best price $9.992024-11-07 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-26 — best price $4.992025-03-27 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $4.992025-09-13 — best price $9.992025-10-13 — best price $4.492025-12-13 — best price $9.992026-01-12 — best price $4.492026-03-04 — best price $9.992026-04-03 — best price $4.492026-05-27 — best price $9.992026-08-02 — best price $3.992026-08-16 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
64.9%
earned "Find the singer"
37.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)82329%27

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCasualPuzzleTypingHackingStrategyDetectiveRealisticWord Game

Census log

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

Recent updates

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