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Criminal Archives: City on Fire Collector's Edition cover art

Criminal Archives: City on Fire Collector's Edition

Do Games Limited · 2021-12-14

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

San Francisco is shaken by a chain of horrible murders. You are the only one that can bring to justice a masked arsonist calling himself the Plague Doctor. Are you strong enough to face the challenge?

Criminal Archives: City on Fire Collector's Edition is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2021 for $7.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Positive sentiment (88% of 41 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 41 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.39 at Steam (2023-02-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 30 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320212026Week of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$13.99$1.392021-12-142026-10-092021-12-14 — best price $13.992022-06-24 — best price $5.992022-09-15 — best price $1.992022-11-03 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $3.492023-04-24 — best price $5.592023-06-16 — best price $1.392023-07-28 — best price $5.592023-09-13 — best price $9.992023-10-06 — best price $7.492023-10-30 — best price $6.992023-12-02 — best price $3.492024-02-23 — best price $1.392024-04-05 — best price $5.592024-05-19 — best price $9.992024-08-16 — best price $4.192024-11-08 — best price $1.392024-12-20 — best price $4.192025-02-07 — best price $2.792025-04-11 — best price $7.492025-06-12 — best price $3.192025-07-07 — best price $9.992025-07-31 — best price $7.992025-09-11 — best price $7.992025-10-16 — best price $3.192025-11-22 — best price $9.992025-12-07 — best price $9.992026-01-19 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $3.192026-05-14 — best price $4.792026-08-06 — best price $1.592026-09-11 — best price $4.992026-10-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Player tags

2DNoirCrimeLogicCasualLinearPuzzleDetectiveNarrationRealistic

Census log

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

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