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Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist cover art

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

Crows Crows Crows · 2015-12-04

Steam

Free To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 04, 2015 (Mac), Dec 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina

2
playing now
93%
positive of 10k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (88 ratings)
0.8h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist is an adventure video game developed by Crows Crows Crows, a studio created by William Pugh, best known for his work on another video game, The Stanley Parable. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X on December 4, 2015, as a free offering. The game sets up expectations of participating in a narrative-driven story about a heist, but players instead find themselves helping out an unseen narrator before they can participate in the story.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 342 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~43/week).
  • · Review velocity up 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 2,970 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12812820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 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2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-06 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
67.2%
earned "Begin The Heist"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availablePartial Controller SupportCommentary available

9 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16,88223%6

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

Player tags

FunnyHeistIndieShortCasualComedyStealthAdventureNarrationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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