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Charon's Staircase

Indigo Studios - Interactive Stories · SOEDESCO · 2022-10-27

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 28, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Oct 28, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 28, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Oct 28, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 28, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 28, 2022 (Xbox One)

In this first-person horror mystery game, you set out to bury the horrible past of a tyrannical government. Retrieve and destroy the documents that unravel the secrets that lie beneath Oack Grove. Will you discover the terrifying truth and find your way out?

61%
positive of 77 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.47★
PlayStation Store rating (127 ratings)
$14.99
steam price (US)

In the 1970s, a totalitarian regime known as The Ministry ruled with an iron fist. They committed numerous inhumane and sinister acts during their reign, but those days are over, as they now aspire to join the European Union. You play as an agent codenamed: ‘Desmond’, sent by The Ministry who is tasked with retrieving and destroying classified documents from the Oack Grove estate, that reveal the horrifying activities that happened in the past. Your journey, however, leads you to an unpleasant and gruesome discovery – Project Alpha.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 66% of 13,555 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 77 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Microsoft Store (2026-05-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 97 of 101 observed days · $19.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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8820222026Week of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$0.992022-10-282026-09-072022-10-28 — best price $22.492023-02-13 — best price $24.992023-04-03 — best price $24.992023-08-28 — best price $24.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-06-03 — best price $4.992024-07-18 — best price $4.992024-09-02 — best price $4.992024-11-01 — best price $19.992024-12-20 — best price $3.992025-02-24 — best price $3.992025-07-01 — best price $9.992025-07-31 — best price $2.562025-09-12 — best price $3.002025-10-01 — best price $1.992025-10-23 — best price $2.992025-11-01 — best price $3.992025-11-14 — best price $3.002025-11-26 — best price $2.542025-12-04 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-01-02 — best price $19.992026-01-13 — best price $3.002026-01-26 — best price $19.992026-02-12 — best price $1.992026-02-27 — best price $19.992026-03-16 — best price $2.992026-03-30 — best price $3.742026-04-13 — best price $24.992026-04-23 — best price $19.992026-05-12 — best price $14.992026-05-21 — best price $19.992026-06-01 — best price $3.002026-06-25 — best price $2.242026-07-15 — best price $19.992026-07-25 — best price $3.002026-08-10 — best price $3.002026-08-24 — best price $19.992026-09-07 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

20 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese…

Player tags

DarkGoreIndieHorrorNudityPuzzleMysteryViolentAdventureDetective

Census log

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