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Detective Grimoire cover art

Detective Grimoire

SFB Games · 2014-08-18

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 02, 2014 (Android), Jan 02, 2014 (Mac), Jan 02, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 02, 2014 (Linux)

Detective Grimoire has been called to investigate a murder. The owner of a small tourist attraction, seemingly killed by the mythical creature his attraction is based around... Explore the area, inspect the crime scene, grill suspects, solve puzzles, hunt for clues & uncover the secret of the swamp!

24
playing now
96%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
3.4h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.39
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Detective Grimoire: Secret of the Swamp, also simply called Detective Grimoire, is a murder mystery point-and-click adventure game developed by SFB Games and published by Armor Games, which was released on iOS platforms on January 2, 2014. It was later released on Android, PC, Mac, Linux and Steam by SFB Games.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 246 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity up 122% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 64k–153k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,551 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.39-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.39-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.39 at Steam (2016-11-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 32 of 54 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10410420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4322026-08-06 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 43 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 25 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$1.392015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $5.242015-10-29 — best price $1.742016-05-08 — best price $2.372016-07-09 — best price $6.992016-11-23 — best price $1.392017-05-25 — best price $6.992017-11-22 — best price $1.392018-07-05 — best price $6.992019-01-10 — best price $1.392019-07-08 — best price $6.992020-01-02 — best price $6.992020-05-21 — best price $6.992020-12-22 — best price $1.392021-07-08 — best price $6.992021-12-20 — best price $1.392022-03-12 — best price $6.992022-07-25 — best price $1.392022-12-01 — best price $6.992023-02-20 — best price $1.392023-04-17 — best price $6.992023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-11-02 — best price $6.992024-01-13 — best price $6.992024-03-20 — best price $6.992024-07-10 — best price $1.392024-12-19 — best price $1.392025-03-08 — best price $6.992025-05-15 — best price $6.992025-07-22 — best price $1.392025-09-22 — best price $6.992025-11-06 — best price $1.392026-01-21 — best price $6.992026-04-09 — best price $1.392026-06-25 — best price $1.392026-08-30 — best price $1.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

225182026-05-31 — 34 pageviews2026-06-03 — 28 pageviews2026-06-06 — 61 pageviews2026-06-09 — 42 pageviews2026-06-12 — 43 pageviews2026-06-15 — 40 pageviews2026-06-18 — 29 pageviews2026-06-21 — 32 pageviews2026-06-24 — 26 pageviews2026-06-27 — 40 pageviews2026-06-30 — 38 pageviews2026-07-03 — 39 pageviews2026-07-06 — 18 pageviews2026-07-09 — 49 pageviews2026-07-12 — 62 pageviews2026-07-15 — 65 pageviews2026-07-18 — 211 pageviews2026-07-21 — 170 pageviews2026-07-24 — 135 pageviews2026-07-27 — 146 pageviews2026-07-30 — 132 pageviews2026-08-02 — 99 pageviews2026-08-05 — 65 pageviews2026-08-08 — 69 pageviews2026-08-11 — 67 pageviews2026-08-14 — 72 pageviews2026-08-17 — 58 pageviews2026-08-20 — 45 pageviews2026-08-23 — 76 pageviews2026-08-26 — 55 pageviews2026-08-28 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
79.5%
earned "Let's Get Started"
51.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,88859%9

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

Player tags

2DCrimeFunnyComedyPuzzleMysteryColorfulDetectiveStory RichExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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