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Ethel

TS GAMES LLC · 2024-03-14

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 14, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to my first game! Where you'll Immerse yourself in a unbelievable, story-rich mystery, packed with jaw-dropping plot twist, horror, and multiple endings.

94%
positive of 265 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

You take on the role of Thomas Myrtle, a World War II veteran, returns from the war with PTSD and struggles with addiction, leading to the collapse of his marriage and a period of homelessness. In 1949, his grandparents take him in, helping him achieve sobriety, but his fragile peace shatters when his grandmother accuses him of stealing her medication. One night, Thomas awakens in her room, surrounded by blood, with no memory of what happened, and his grandmother is missing. Wracked with guilt and fear, Thomas goes into hiding for twelve years. Now, he returns to uncover the truth about that n(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 29,605 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.3k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 265 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.74 at Steam (2026-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
404020242026Week of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.742024-03-152026-10-082024-03-15 — best price $9.992024-04-15 — best price $4.892024-06-27 — best price $5.592024-09-22 — best price $4.192024-10-28 — best price $3.492024-11-27 — best price $4.192024-12-20 — best price $4.892025-01-11 — best price $4.892025-03-13 — best price $4.192025-03-22 — best price $4.192025-05-18 — best price $3.842025-06-27 — best price $3.842025-08-19 — best price $4.892025-09-29 — best price $4.892025-10-27 — best price $3.142025-12-08 — best price $4.192025-12-18 — best price $4.192026-01-21 — best price $4.192026-03-02 — best price $4.192026-03-19 — best price $3.492026-04-13 — best price $2.792026-05-25 — best price $2.092026-06-25 — best price $2.092026-07-13 — best price $2.092026-08-24 — best price $2.092026-10-01 — best price $1.742026-10-08 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Player tags

3DHorrorLinearPuzzleMysteryHistoricalSimulationStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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