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Detective From The Crypt

BOV · 2021-06-17

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 09, 2025 (Xbox One), Apr 09, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Apr 09, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Apr 09, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Jane wakes up in a crypt as a ghost. You are investigating the death of her family together. Seeking and researching evidences. Building an accusation based on them. You have a laboratory to research evidences. Play and get the feeling of being a true Victorian detective.

93%
positive of 153 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.98★
PlayStation Store rating (44 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 26,743 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–6.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 153 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.70 at Steam (2024-03-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 4 observed days · $6.29 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720212026Week of 2021-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

46
achievements tracked
89.3%
earned "Letter from the Other World"
57.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-09-09 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieLogicPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveHand-drawnOld SchoolAtmospheric

Census log

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

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