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Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller

Phoenix Online Studios · Phoenix Online Publishing · 2013-09-19

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 19, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 19, 2013 (Mac), Feb 27, 2014 (iOS)

FBI agent Erica Reed has an uncanny talent: she can see the past and piece together how a crime unfolded. But not even this sixth sense could save her younger brother, Scott, from a brutal serial killer. Three years later, the investigation into Scott’s murder has gone cold -- but Erica’s work has only just begun.

1
playing now
82%
positive of 818 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller is a 4-part episodic point-and-click graphic adventure game released by Phoenix Online Studios for multiple platforms. Funded through Kickstarter in 2011, four episodes were released for Microsoft Windows and OS X with the first two also for iPad. Jane Jensen, the creator of the Sierra On-Line Gabriel Knight series, was a story consultant for the development of the game.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 33k–65k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 818 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.09 at MacGameStore (2025-01-22) · bundled 18×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 49 of 73 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-06 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.092015-01-012026-08-232015-01-01 — best price $5.252015-06-07 — best price $14.992015-09-11 — best price $14.992015-12-01 — best price $14.992016-04-26 — best price $14.992016-08-01 — best price $13.992016-11-30 — best price $14.992017-06-07 — best price $2.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-07-19 — best price $3.072018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-04-07 — best price $14.992019-10-07 — best price $14.992020-01-10 — best price $4.492020-06-25 — best price $3.742021-01-04 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $3.192021-11-24 — best price $4.492022-03-07 — best price $4.942022-07-07 — best price $11.012022-12-12 — best price $2.842023-06-11 — best price $3.742023-11-21 — best price $4.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-07-04 — best price $1.792024-09-16 — best price $4.042025-01-12 — best price $14.992025-03-19 — best price $4.492025-07-18 — best price $14.992025-10-08 — best price $14.992026-01-21 — best price $14.992026-04-13 — best price $4.342026-07-30 — best price $14.992026-08-23 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2722026-06-01 — 13 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 3 pageviews2026-06-19 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 17 pageviews2026-06-25 — 27 pageviews2026-06-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 7 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-13 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-22 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 20 pageviews2026-08-03 — 14 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 15 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
32.6%
earned "Only Reed Blood"
13.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,53413%59

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

Player tags

CrimeIndieHorrorMysteryEpisodicThrillerAdventureDetectiveComic BookStory Rich

Census log

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

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