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Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset cover art

Family Mysteries 3: Criminal Mindset

Brave Giant LTD · Artifex Mundi · 2020-07-16

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 11, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jul 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 16, 2020 (Linux), Jul 16, 2020 (Mac), May 28, 2021 (Xbox One), May 28, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Take on a role of a famous scientist drawn into a dangerous game, where the goal is to save the mankind and uncover family secret. Get ready for a pulse-pounding adventure in the world of experiments, mysteries and espionage!

1
playing now
79%
positive of 153 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4h
to beat · completionist 5h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

You are Nancy Bradford, a talented daughter of famous scientists who died under mysterious circumstances 20 years ago. Your recent studies, concentrating on mind control, draw attention from a prestigious Neurotech Institute as well as the CIA, which resulted in an unusual offer. Continuing studies within the walls of a top-secret laboratory and getting a huge grant is surely enticing, spying on the other hand sounds like a risky job. Brace yourself as it's just a kick-off for a deadly game! Third instalment of the Family Mysteries series plunges you into a sea of action, double agents, brain(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 60% of 11,333 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–6.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 153 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-04-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002020-07-162026-08-302020-07-16 — best price $11.992020-10-12 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $8.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-01-27 — best price $14.992021-03-22 — best price $7.492021-06-24 — best price $4.492021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $3.742022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-06-13 — best price $3.742022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-12-05 — best price $3.742023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $4.492023-05-01 — best price $14.992023-07-20 — best price $3.742023-11-03 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-02-14 — best price $14.992024-05-23 — best price $4.492024-07-04 — best price $14.992024-09-24 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $4.492025-01-16 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $3.742025-05-02 — best price $14.992025-09-18 — best price $4.492025-12-17 — best price $14.992026-01-16 — best price $4.492026-03-18 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $4.492026-08-30 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian

Player tags

2DCrimeLogicCasualPuzzleMysteryScienceThrillerTutorialDetective

Census log

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

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