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Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders | 狄仁杰之锦蔷薇 cover art

Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders | 狄仁杰之锦蔷薇

Nupixo Games · 2019-05-01

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 02, 2019 (Mac), Dec 03, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 14, 2021 (Xbox One), May 02, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A thrilling point-and-click adventure game where you play as Di Renjie, ancient China's most famous and gifted investigator, as he tracks a serial killer in the heart of the Tang Dynasty's capital city.

2
playing now
89%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.52
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Amid lingering political turmoil, the first and only female empress of China, Wu Zetian rises to power. Within months of her ascension to the throne, murmurs of discontentment and revolution swell as detractors and enemies begin plotting against her. It is against this backdrop that our protagonist, newly appointed investigating magistrate Di Renjie, must solve a gruesome series of murders--which will lead him on a collision course with the Imperial court and the empress herself. Will our young detective overcome his own inner demons and his allegiance to the previous emperor? What is the con(Storyline via IGDB)

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  • · Top 27% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 32k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,288 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.52-77%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.52-77%
Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.52 at Steam (2022-12-22) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 20 of 34 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.48$2.522019-05-012026-08-302019-05-01 — best price $9.892019-08-05 — best price $10.552019-11-12 — best price $10.992020-01-02 — best price $10.992020-01-23 — best price $6.592020-04-27 — best price $10.992020-08-28 — best price $4.942020-11-25 — best price $3.732021-01-05 — best price $10.992021-02-05 — best price $9.782021-02-23 — best price $10.992021-03-14 — best price $9.782021-04-02 — best price $9.782021-04-17 — best price $9.782021-05-18 — best price $10.992021-06-06 — best price $9.782021-08-03 — best price $9.782021-10-05 — best price $9.782021-12-01 — best price $10.992022-01-17 — best price $10.992022-03-02 — best price $10.572022-05-01 — best price $10.252022-06-14 — best price $8.072022-07-25 — best price $10.992022-09-06 — best price $10.992022-11-15 — best price $10.992023-01-10 — best price $8.072023-05-15 — best price $3.292023-09-04 — best price $3.292024-01-23 — best price $9.782024-04-09 — best price $8.072024-07-11 — best price $10.992024-09-04 — best price $8.072024-12-16 — best price $10.992025-03-10 — best price $10.992025-07-28 — best price $10.992025-10-20 — best price $10.992026-03-26 — best price $10.992026-08-24 — best price $2.522026-08-30 — best price $2.52
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
75.1%
earned "First Case"
45.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DIndieLinearAdventureDetectiveNarrativeHistoricalMinimalistStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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