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Dracula: Origin

Frogwares · 2008-08-07

SteamGOG

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 02, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dracula: Origin reveals the dark origins of the Dracula curse. Step into the shoes of the famous Professor Van Helsing and experience a thrilling journey that will take you from London to Egypt, Austria and through Carpathian Europe right into the terrifying lair of the Dark Prince.

Dracula: Origin is a $0.99 Adventure and Casual game released in 2008, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, with a Mostly Positive sentiment (75% of 382 reviews).

3
playing now
75%
positive of 382 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (272 downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Dracula: Origin is a point-and-click adventure game for the PC based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. Released by Frogwares in 2008, it follows the company's catalogue of adventure games such as the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 15k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 382 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%
Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.70 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-10-17) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 86 of 109 observed days · $0.29 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.632015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $2.492018-06-22 — best price $2.492018-10-08 — best price $8.682019-01-10 — best price $2.502019-04-01 — best price $2.292019-07-05 — best price $9.992019-10-30 — best price $9.992019-12-23 — best price $2.992020-02-10 — best price $9.812020-04-07 — best price $2.722020-06-21 — best price $8.282020-07-30 — best price $2.502020-09-11 — best price $9.992020-10-14 — best price $8.892020-11-23 — best price $2.202021-01-01 — best price $2.192021-02-07 — best price $8.382021-03-14 — best price $9.992021-04-24 — best price $2.142021-06-02 — best price $9.992021-08-18 — best price $2.212021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-03-25 — best price $9.752022-08-15 — best price $8.042023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-05-05 — best price $1.752023-10-12 — best price $1.992024-02-22 — best price $9.992024-06-19 — best price $0.992024-10-16 — best price $0.992025-02-28 — best price $0.992025-06-18 — best price $0.992025-10-18 — best price $9.992026-03-17 — best price $1.002026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-27 — best price $0.992026-09-16 — best price $0.992026-10-06 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7082026-05-31 — 20 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-08 — 33 pageviews2026-06-12 — 20 pageviews2026-06-16 — 18 pageviews2026-06-20 — 23 pageviews2026-06-24 — 9 pageviews2026-06-28 — 32 pageviews2026-07-02 — 22 pageviews2026-07-06 — 16 pageviews2026-07-10 — 25 pageviews2026-07-14 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 22 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 14 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 25 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 33 pageviews2026-08-15 — 23 pageviews2026-08-19 — 70 pageviews2026-08-23 — 39 pageviews2026-08-27 — 23 pageviews2026-08-31 — 24 pageviews2026-09-04 — 30 pageviews2026-09-08 — 25 pageviews2026-09-12 — 21 pageviews2026-09-16 — 14 pageviews2026-09-20 — 13 pageviews2026-09-24 — 26 pageviews2026-09-28 — 22 pageviews2026-10-02 — 25 pageviews2026-10-06 — 14 pageviews2026-10-10 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian

Player tags

2.5DIndieCasualPuzzleVampireAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerHidden Object

Census log

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

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