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Corpse Party: Book of Shadows cover art

Corpse Party: Book of Shadows

MAGES. Inc. · XSEED Games · 2018-10-29

SteamGOG

Adventure

Franchise: Corpse Party · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 17, 2013 (iOS), Sep 01, 2011 (PlayStation Portable), Oct 29, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An anthology series that serves as a Corpse Party sequel, prequel, midquel, and alternate universe tale all in one. Rejoin old friends for a deeper dive into the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary...

1
playing now
85%
positive of 517 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Corpse Party: Book of Shadows is a 2011 survival horror visual novel video game developed by Team GrisGris and 5pb. and released by 5pb. for the PlayStation Portable. Xseed Games localized the game and published it in North America on January 15, 2013.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 11,407 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 517 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2024-02-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 25 of 43 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920182026Week of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-12 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.492018-10-292026-08-302018-10-29 — best price $13.492019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-05-06 — best price $14.992019-08-29 — best price $9.742019-11-07 — best price $8.992019-12-05 — best price $8.992020-01-22 — best price $8.992020-04-20 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-11-28 — best price $8.992021-02-11 — best price $8.992021-05-12 — best price $8.992021-09-23 — best price $8.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $8.992022-05-24 — best price $14.992022-08-01 — best price $14.992022-10-25 — best price $8.992022-12-01 — best price $14.992023-02-01 — best price $8.992023-03-21 — best price $8.992023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-09-12 — best price $14.992023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-02-28 — best price $14.992024-04-26 — best price $14.992024-06-20 — best price $14.992024-08-13 — best price $7.492024-10-16 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-02-13 — best price $14.992025-04-30 — best price $14.992025-08-29 — best price $7.492025-11-17 — best price $7.492026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-05-30 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

43152026-05-22 — 30 pageviews2026-05-25 — 16 pageviews2026-05-28 — 22 pageviews2026-05-31 — 30 pageviews2026-06-03 — 23 pageviews2026-06-06 — 28 pageviews2026-06-09 — 33 pageviews2026-06-12 — 19 pageviews2026-06-15 — 33 pageviews2026-06-18 — 35 pageviews2026-06-21 — 24 pageviews2026-06-24 — 19 pageviews2026-06-27 — 35 pageviews2026-06-30 — 27 pageviews2026-07-03 — 29 pageviews2026-07-06 — 32 pageviews2026-07-09 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 28 pageviews2026-07-15 — 24 pageviews2026-07-18 — 33 pageviews2026-07-21 — 31 pageviews2026-07-24 — 29 pageviews2026-07-27 — 32 pageviews2026-07-30 — 16 pageviews2026-08-02 — 24 pageviews2026-08-05 — 30 pageviews2026-08-08 — 29 pageviews2026-08-11 — 28 pageviews2026-08-14 — 34 pageviews2026-08-17 — 23 pageviews2026-08-19 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
54.2%
earned "Hard Feelings"
19.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)53937%33
Switch (Nintendo)170%0

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

Player tags

RPGDarkGoreJRPGAnimeHorrorViolentRPGMakerAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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