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Crime O'Clock

Bad Seed · Maximum Entertainment · 2023-07-21

SteamGOGAmazon

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 30, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 21, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 21, 2023 (Mac)

Crime O'Clock is a hidden objects investigation and time exploration game with a deep storyline. Investigate cases through time and evolving maps by unveiling a multi-eras linked story. Will you be observant enough to solve the mysteries? Crime waits for no man!

Crime O'Clock is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2023, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 520 reviews).

10
playing now
69%
positive of 520 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Crime O'Clock is a 2023 hidden object video game developed by Bad Seed and published by Just For Games. Players control a time traveler who searches hand-drawn scenes for clues to stop crimes that have not yet been committed.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 520 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
GamersGate$2.00-90%
Gamesplanet$2.60-87%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.39 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 172 of 204 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
515120232026Week of 2023-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
543Jul 2023Aug 2026Jul 2023 — avg 54 · peak 131Aug 2023 — avg 14 · peak 57Sep 2023 — avg 6 · peak 26Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 24Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 28Dec 2023 — avg 13 · peak 36Jan 2024 — avg 10 · peak 37Feb 2024 — avg 13 · peak 73Mar 2024 — avg 14 · peak 47Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 32Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 52Jul 2024 — avg 16 · peak 48Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 29Sep 2024 — avg 9 · peak 44Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 29Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 26Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 23May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.392023-07-212026-10-142023-07-21 — best price $13.592023-09-23 — best price $19.992023-10-27 — best price $19.992023-12-04 — best price $19.992023-12-30 — best price $19.992024-02-08 — best price $13.842024-03-11 — best price $10.042024-04-18 — best price $11.992024-05-28 — best price $15.082024-07-08 — best price $4.992024-08-21 — best price $4.992024-09-25 — best price $6.002024-11-27 — best price $3.492025-01-03 — best price $16.792025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-04-17 — best price $1.492025-05-23 — best price $1.802025-06-17 — best price $15.082025-07-14 — best price $1.992025-08-18 — best price $1.802025-09-15 — best price $3.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-11-04 — best price $17.362025-11-21 — best price $1.392025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-01-13 — best price $16.792026-02-05 — best price $2.002026-03-17 — best price $19.992026-04-14 — best price $19.992026-05-13 — best price $19.992026-05-30 — best price $2.002026-06-25 — best price $1.592026-07-27 — best price $15.082026-08-13 — best price $1.682026-08-25 — best price $1.682026-09-06 — best price $1.992026-09-18 — best price $1.992026-09-30 — best price $1.992026-10-12 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1602026-05-31 — 4 pageviews2026-06-04 — 2 pageviews2026-06-08 — 10 pageviews2026-06-12 — 3 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2 pageviews2026-06-20 — 0 pageviews2026-06-24 — 6 pageviews2026-06-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-02 — 1 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-10 — 6 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-03 — 14 pageviews2026-08-07 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 4 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1 pageviews2026-08-31 — 2 pageviews2026-09-04 — 1 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-12 — 3 pageviews2026-09-16 — 2 pageviews2026-09-20 — 2 pageviews2026-09-24 — 1 pageviews2026-09-28 — 1 pageviews2026-10-02 — 14 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
90.9%
earned "Welcome, Detective!"
19%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)86122%20
Switch (Nintendo)1110%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteCrimeFunnyCasualPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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