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Contradiction: Spot The Liar cover art

Contradiction: Spot The Liar

Baggy Cat Ltd. · 2015-07-10

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Jul 10, 2015 (Mac), Jul 10, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 14, 2015 (iOS)

Spot the lie and beat the liars in 'Contradiction' - the all-video murder mystery adventure!

Contradiction: Spot The Liar is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $12.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 3253 reviews).

0
playing now
95%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 10h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Contradiction: Spot the Liar!, also known as Contradiction: The All-Video Murder Mystery Adventure, is an FMV game created by video game music composer Tim Follin and published by his company Baggy Cat. The game follows the investigation of Detective Inspector Frederick Jenks into the apparent suicide of Kate Vine in the small British village of Edenton. Its gameplay involves interviewing people and finding contradictions in their answers. Crowdfunded through Kickstarter with a total budget of just £6,000, the game was released for the iPad on 14 January 2015 and for Windows and Mac OS X on Steam on 10 July 2015. It was later released for Amazon Fire TV on 19 February 2017.

Trailer

Contradiction: Spot The Liar trailer thumbnail

Contradiction: Spot the liar! Official Trailer

≈302,649 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 81k–195k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,258 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2019-07-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
162Jul 2015Jul 2026Jul 2015 — avg 16 · peak 66Nov 2015 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2016 — avg 4 · peak 16Jul 2016 — avg 8 · peak 26Nov 2016 — avg 3 · peak 16Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2017 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2018 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2019 — avg 6 · peak 26Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2020 — avg 6 · peak 27Jul 2020 — avg 6 · peak 21Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2021 — avg 6 · peak 24Jul 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 19Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$7.492015-07-112026-07-092015-07-11 — best price $9.992019-07-04 — best price $7.492019-07-29 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $7.492020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-09 — best price $9.992020-04-07 — best price $8.992020-05-11 — best price $9.992020-06-27 — best price $7.492020-09-14 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $7.992021-02-04 — best price $14.992021-03-02 — best price $12.992021-04-05 — best price $12.992021-06-24 — best price $9.742021-08-09 — best price $12.992021-12-22 — best price $10.392022-04-30 — best price $9.742022-07-07 — best price $12.992022-10-31 — best price $10.392023-01-05 — best price $12.992023-03-16 — best price $9.742023-05-15 — best price $12.992023-12-21 — best price $9.742024-03-21 — best price $12.992024-11-27 — best price $9.092025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-06-26 — best price $9.742025-10-06 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $9.742026-07-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

57172026-06-02 — 45 pageviews2026-06-06 — 26 pageviews2026-06-10 — 30 pageviews2026-06-14 — 31 pageviews2026-06-18 — 31 pageviews2026-06-22 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 26 pageviews2026-06-30 — 34 pageviews2026-07-04 — 22 pageviews2026-07-08 — 41 pageviews2026-07-12 — 51 pageviews2026-07-16 — 36 pageviews2026-07-20 — 35 pageviews2026-07-24 — 36 pageviews2026-07-28 — 30 pageviews2026-08-01 — 33 pageviews2026-08-05 — 29 pageviews2026-08-09 — 43 pageviews2026-08-13 — 25 pageviews2026-08-17 — 25 pageviews2026-08-21 — 57 pageviews2026-08-25 — 29 pageviews2026-08-29 — 20 pageviews2026-09-02 — 34 pageviews2026-09-06 — 36 pageviews2026-09-10 — 26 pageviews2026-09-14 — 55 pageviews2026-09-18 — 31 pageviews2026-09-22 — 23 pageviews2026-09-26 — 33 pageviews2026-09-30 — 17 pageviews2026-10-04 — 29 pageviews2026-10-08 — 27 pageviews2026-10-12 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
81.3%
earned "6pm unlocked"
56.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FMVRPGCrimeIndieRetroMysteryDetectiveImmersiveConspiracyStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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