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Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine

Frogwares · 2022-01-12

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 14, 2011 (Mac)

Save humanity from a nightmarish future in this thrilling Hidden Object adventure! Join the secret Department 42 to track down the cursed and dangerous artifacts that vanished during a mysterious fire at the Grimstone Mansion.

Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine is a Casual game released in 2022, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 42 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

60%
positive of 42 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 29,131 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320222026Week of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

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