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ENIGMA: cover art

ENIGMA:

Uzumeya · Fruitbat Factory · 2016-11-15

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Mar 15, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enigma is an atmospheric, full-length visual novel where you discover the secrets of Enigma, a worldwide epidemic, and a forest on a lonely island that bears its name.

94%
positive of 148 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

The world is afflicted with a mysterious disease known as "The Enigma." Chester, infected with this disease, finds himself washed onto a lonely island, Carlyle. As he is being given a tour of the island by the girl who nursed him back to health, Chester finds himself feeling that something is off. There are no doctors from the mainland. Not only is there no information of the outside world, but the inhabitants seem entirely oblivious of the worldwide epidemic. ---It's as if this place has been completely removed from the rest of the world. After a while, Chester finds a conspicuous white for(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 19,919 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 148 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.50 at GamersGate (2019-10-13) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 35 of 62 observed days · $10.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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

Price history

$14.99$4.502015-01-012026-09-222015-01-01 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-04-09 — best price $14.992018-08-03 — best price $8.992018-11-01 — best price $14.992019-01-14 — best price $8.992019-04-19 — best price $14.992019-08-19 — best price $7.492019-11-11 — best price $5.622020-01-14 — best price $5.622020-04-11 — best price $5.622020-07-29 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-01-25 — best price $14.992021-05-24 — best price $14.992021-10-05 — best price $14.992022-01-06 — best price $14.992022-09-17 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-24 — best price $14.992023-07-07 — best price $14.992023-10-24 — best price $14.992024-01-18 — best price $7.492024-03-22 — best price $14.992024-06-26 — best price $14.992024-08-14 — best price $5.632024-11-21 — best price $7.492025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-05-07 — best price $14.992025-08-12 — best price $14.992025-11-17 — best price $14.992026-01-22 — best price $7.492026-05-25 — best price $14.992026-09-09 — best price $7.492026-09-22 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
23.4%
earned "In Memoriam"
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CuteAnimeIndieLGBTQ+MysteryAdventureStory RichVisual NovelGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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