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Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins cover art

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

Maze Theory · 2021-03-18

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AdventureCasualIndie

Franchise: Doctor Who · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Aug 12, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 12, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 12, 2021 (Xbox One), Mar 19, 2021 (iOS), Mar 19, 2021 (Android), Mar 19, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 726 reviews).

0
playing now
89%
positive of 725 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.10★
PlayStation Store rating (90 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 3h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Amidst a sinister series of events at a seemingly abandoned house in London, someone goes missing, and you find their phone. When it begins to self-destruct, ex-UNIT scientist Petronella Osgood enlists your help to uncover hidden clues and solve cryptic puzzles. Will you unravel the truth behind the chilling disappearance before it’s too late? But remember: don't turn your back, don't look away and DON’T BLINK.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (239 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 725 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99
Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-10-28) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 6 of 59 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22622620212026Week of 2021-03-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$2.032021-03-192026-10-142021-03-19 — best price $3.912021-04-09 — best price $5.992021-04-20 — best price $5.992021-04-29 — best price $5.992021-05-06 — best price $5.282021-05-19 — best price $5.282021-05-28 — best price $5.282021-06-06 — best price $5.282021-06-25 — best price $5.992021-08-05 — best price $5.992021-10-07 — best price $5.992021-11-01 — best price $5.992022-01-06 — best price $5.992022-05-15 — best price $5.992022-05-28 — best price $5.992022-07-08 — best price $4.692022-08-09 — best price $4.402022-09-06 — best price $5.992022-10-25 — best price $4.402022-12-02 — best price $4.692023-01-07 — best price $4.692023-03-18 — best price $4.402023-05-25 — best price $4.792023-09-26 — best price $5.992023-11-29 — best price $4.692024-08-02 — best price $4.692024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-11-04 — best price $5.992026-04-24 — best price $5.992026-09-01 — best price $5.992026-09-07 — best price $5.992026-09-13 — best price $5.992026-09-19 — best price $5.992026-09-25 — best price $5.992026-10-01 — best price $5.992026-10-07 — best price $5.992026-10-13 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)62474%17
Xbox One (Xbox)61962%16
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2DFMVCasualDemonsHorrorPuzzleAdventureCinematicText-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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