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CaseCracker

BlackRobe · 2022-12-19

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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?

40
playing now
89%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

40 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 40 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 16% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 69k–156k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,466 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 11 of 23 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

14562026-08-11 19:00 — 34 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 103 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 52 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 30 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 98 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 54 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 57 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 145 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 41 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 75 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 41 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 66 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 55 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 76 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 72 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 47 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 58 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 52 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 90 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 29 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 80 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 40 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

Player tags

2DRPGCasualPuzzleTypingHackingStrategyDetectiveRealisticWord Game

Census log

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

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