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Dead Secret Circle cover art

Dead Secret Circle

Robot Invader · 2018-05-01

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: May 01, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 01, 2018 (Mac), Oct 20, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 19, 2023 (Meta Quest 2), Jan 19, 2023 (Meta Quest 3), May 01, 2018 (Oculus VR)

DEAD SECRET CIRCLE is a horror mystery set in Chicago in 1971. In this sequel to the critically acclaimed DEAD SECRET, reality and dreams collide as investigative reporter Patricia Gable sees beyond the flesh to chase a killer with a grisly M.O. Track the killer, narrow the suspects, and above all, stay alive.

69%
positive of 71 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 16,780 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 71 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.24 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420182026Week of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$5.242018-05-032026-07-092018-05-03 — best price $13.492018-06-21 — best price $11.242018-09-20 — best price $14.992018-10-29 — best price $7.492018-11-03 — best price $14.992019-01-04 — best price $14.992019-02-12 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992023-02-27 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-12-11 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-07-14 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedFamily Sharing

Player tags

VRIndieMysteryAdventureStory RichFirst-PersonPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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