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Dry Drowning

Studio V · Leonardo Interactive · 2019-08-02

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Aug 02, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 22, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.

Dry Drowning is a 2019 Adventure and Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Very Positive sentiment (81% of 517 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 517 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Dry Drowning is a cyberpunk mystery visual novel developed by Studio V and published by VLG Publishing and WhisperGames for Microsoft Windows on August 2, 2019. It was released on the Nintendo Switch on February 22, 2021.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 28,621 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 517 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.77-91%
IndieGala$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
WinGameStore$1.99-90%
GamersGate$2.00-90%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-11-06) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 88 of 127 observed days · $0.77 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520192026Week of 2019-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 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 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.002019-08-022026-10-142019-08-02 — best price $16.992019-11-26 — best price $13.992020-01-31 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-11-06 — best price $1.002021-02-01 — best price $19.992021-05-15 — best price $19.992021-10-18 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-06-20 — best price $19.992022-11-23 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $5.992023-08-28 — best price $5.992024-01-27 — best price $19.992024-03-11 — best price $19.992024-04-18 — best price $5.992024-05-27 — best price $5.992024-07-16 — best price $5.992024-10-15 — best price $5.992024-11-26 — best price $3.992025-02-03 — best price $19.992025-05-26 — best price $3.992025-09-17 — best price $19.392025-11-04 — best price $16.572025-12-08 — best price $3.992026-03-05 — best price $3.992026-04-15 — best price $1.992026-06-11 — best price $1.992026-08-06 — best price $1.992026-08-26 — best price $1.772026-09-07 — best price $3.992026-09-19 — best price $1.992026-10-01 — best price $1.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1902026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 13 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 2 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 3 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-23 — 7 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 3 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-28 — 0 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4 pageviews2026-09-05 — 14 pageviews2026-09-09 — 4 pageviews2026-09-13 — 2 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 2 pageviews2026-09-25 — 15 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews2026-10-11 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
43.2%
earned "Another kind of remorse"
23.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-08-13, latest 2020-06-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)30616%20
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

NoirHorrorPuzzleSci-fiMysteryThrillerAdventureCyberpunkDetectiveFuturistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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