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Firework

Shiying Studio · Gamirror Games · 2021-02-03

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Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.

Firework is a 2021 Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 44402 reviews).

19
playing now
98%
positive of 44k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Firework is a horror puzzle game developed by Chinese studio "Moonlight Cockroach" and published by Gamera Game. The trial version was released on July 15, 2020, and was officially released on the Steam platform on February 4, 2021. Players will play the role of criminal policeman Lin Lixun, investigating a funeral arson case in a mountain town, and another family massacre involved in it.

Trailer

Firework trailer thumbnail

Fireworks - Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,410 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~176/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (11,365 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 890k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 44,498 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-02-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 70 of 93 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11k11k20212026Week of 2021-02-01: 11,137 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,990 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 972 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,200 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 748 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 640 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 983 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 663 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,133 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 780 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 658 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,397 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,382 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8712026-09-15 12:00 — 47 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 39 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 36 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 23 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 42 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 31 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 71 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 45 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 71 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 32 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 64 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
80527Feb 2021Aug 2026Feb 2021 — avg 805 · peak 3,678Apr 2021 — avg 83 · peak 314Jun 2021 — avg 57 · peak 288Aug 2021 — avg 59 · peak 175Oct 2021 — avg 46 · peak 228Dec 2021 — avg 51 · peak 186Feb 2022 — avg 113 · peak 408Apr 2022 — avg 130 · peak 613Jun 2022 — avg 55 · peak 231Aug 2022 — avg 48 · peak 123Oct 2022 — avg 77 · peak 649Dec 2022 — avg 68 · peak 237Feb 2023 — avg 74 · peak 353Apr 2023 — avg 40 · peak 225Jun 2023 — avg 38 · peak 415Aug 2023 — avg 208 · peak 1,060Oct 2023 — avg 57 · peak 467Dec 2023 — avg 55 · peak 224Feb 2024 — avg 90 · peak 410Apr 2024 — avg 58 · peak 282Jun 2024 — avg 63 · peak 258Aug 2024 — avg 38 · peak 99Oct 2024 — avg 33 · peak 319Dec 2024 — avg 58 · peak 270Feb 2025 — avg 60 · peak 396Apr 2025 — avg 41 · peak 221Jun 2025 — avg 32 · peak 156Aug 2025 — avg 67 · peak 293Oct 2025 — avg 64 · peak 235Dec 2025 — avg 36 · peak 160Feb 2026 — avg 89 · peak 297Apr 2026 — avg 32 · peak 120Jun 2026 — avg 30 · peak 120Aug 2026 — avg 37 · peak 121
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.002021-02-042026-10-142021-02-04 — best price $8.992021-09-29 — best price $7.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-25 — best price $9.992022-09-06 — best price $9.992022-11-04 — best price $9.992023-02-21 — best price $9.992023-04-26 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-02-09 — best price $4.992024-03-28 — best price $9.992024-06-01 — best price $4.992024-07-30 — best price $4.992024-10-09 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-02-17 — best price $4.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-06-10 — best price $4.992025-08-07 — best price $4.992025-10-08 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $4.992026-02-17 — best price $9.992026-03-27 — best price $3.992026-05-14 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $3.992026-09-07 — best price $3.992026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $3.992026-10-01 — best price $3.992026-10-09 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-07-15 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-21 — 5 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-02 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 10 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 2 pageviews2026-08-23 — 13 pageviews2026-08-26 — 5 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-01 — 3 pageviews2026-09-04 — 4 pageviews2026-09-07 — 4 pageviews2026-09-10 — 2 pageviews2026-09-13 — 3 pageviews2026-09-16 — 2 pageviews2026-09-19 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 11 pageviews2026-09-25 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 11 pageviews2026-10-01 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 8 pageviews2026-10-07 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
90.9%
earned "鬼在人心"
63.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-02-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,83765%10
Windows (Xbox)97267%10
Switch (Nintendo)140%0
Steam (Steam)138%13
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DDramaIndieRetroHorrorPuzzleMysteryThrillerHand-drawnOld School

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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