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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 · Perspectives: First person

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

Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist is a Free To Play and Indie game released in 2015, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 10,173 reviews).

1
playing now
93%
positive of 10k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 1 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 3% of 9,600 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 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 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

502026-09-15 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1611Dec 2015Jul 2026Dec 2015 — avg 161 · peak 778Mar 2016 — avg 17 · peak 112Jun 2016 — avg 16 · peak 37Sep 2016 — avg 10 · peak 38Dec 2016 — avg 8 · peak 23Mar 2017 — avg 7 · peak 32Jun 2017 — avg 7 · peak 25Sep 2017 — avg 6 · peak 106Dec 2017 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2018 — avg 5 · peak 13Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 18Dec 2018 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 16Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 14Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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