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Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure cover art

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

COWCAT · 2016-05-31

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 02, 2017 (Xbox One), Dec 06, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), May 31, 2016 (Mac), May 31, 2016 (Linux), Dec 03, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 01, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

A comedic point-and-click adventure where a hungover antique dealer must solve his own robbery in Paris, dragging himself and his friends into a wildly idiotic journey!

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure is a 2016 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $1.49, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 454 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 454 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
56/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.49
steam price (US)

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

Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure is a point and click adventure game for the Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux platforms. The game was developed and published by the independent French studio COWCAT Games and was released on May 31, 2016. It features hand drawn art and is the first commercial release by Fabrice Breton. It was released later for PlayStation Vita. A physical release for that version and the PlayStation 4 of the game was published by Red Sky Games in Europe. A Nintendo Switch port of the game was released worldwide on December 3, 2018, on the Nintendo eShop, followed by a Japanese localization release of the game on January 14, 2021. A remastered version with 4K assets and improved colors was released on March 8, 2022 for the PlayStation 5.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 454 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-80%
GOG$0.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at GOG (2024-11-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 51 of 68 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek 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

202026-08-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.77$0.682016-05-242026-08-302016-05-24 — best price $9.992016-09-22 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-03-10 — best price $6.002017-07-03 — best price $5.992017-10-06 — best price $5.842018-02-02 — best price $9.992018-07-06 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-04-24 — best price $2.492019-09-12 — best price $9.992020-01-01 — best price $9.992020-03-02 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-05 — best price $0.752021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-05-31 — best price $0.992021-09-24 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-04-18 — best price $1.992022-07-25 — best price $0.992022-11-07 — best price $1.992023-02-21 — best price $9.992023-06-30 — best price $0.992023-10-25 — best price $1.992024-02-14 — best price $0.992024-05-08 — best price $1.192024-08-03 — best price $0.682024-11-27 — best price $0.892025-03-11 — best price $0.892025-06-14 — best price $9.992025-11-06 — best price $0.992026-02-28 — best price $9.992026-06-15 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
35.1%
earned "No respect for the police"
16.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSave Anytime2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)1,61351%36
Steam (Steam)56022%37
Switch (Nintendo)90%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieMusicCasualComedyPuzzleMysteryCartoonyAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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