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Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island cover art

Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island

Grace Bruxner · worm club · 2018-11-22

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 22, 2018 (Mac), Oct 26, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 26, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Nov 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 26, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Oct 26, 2023 (Xbox One)

You're a detective, and a frog, and it's time to solve a mystery.

Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2018, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 5544 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (46 ratings)
0.9h
to beat · completionist 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

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

The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game is a 2018 comedy adventure video game created by independent Australian developers Grace Bruxner and Thomas Bowker. Gameplay revolves around the player's role as Frog Detective, a detective frog who is trying to solve a mystery. It received mixed reviews.

Trailer

Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island trailer thumbnail

Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island // Full gameplay walkthrough (No Commentary)

≈364,772 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 177 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 139k–333k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,544 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-06-14) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
939320182026Week of 2018-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-14 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
100Nov 2018Jul 2026Nov 2018 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 7Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 12Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$2.492018-11-232026-08-242018-11-23 — best price $4.492019-01-28 — best price $4.992019-05-09 — best price $3.992019-08-20 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $3.492020-01-11 — best price $3.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $3.492020-11-28 — best price $3.492021-02-01 — best price $4.992021-04-23 — best price $3.492021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $3.492022-01-14 — best price $3.492022-03-11 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $3.492022-10-06 — best price $4.992023-01-20 — best price $3.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-15 — best price $2.992023-09-25 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $2.742024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.742024-08-09 — best price $4.992024-10-20 — best price $2.742025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-04-30 — best price $2.742025-07-28 — best price $2.742026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-05-25 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2862026-05-31 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 23 pageviews2026-06-12 — 18 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-20 — 14 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-02 — 11 pageviews2026-07-06 — 18 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-18 — 17 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-26 — 17 pageviews2026-07-30 — 16 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-15 — 19 pageviews2026-08-19 — 15 pageviews2026-08-23 — 23 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 18 pageviews2026-09-08 — 15 pageviews2026-09-12 — 12 pageviews2026-09-16 — 13 pageviews2026-09-20 — 18 pageviews2026-09-24 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 7 pageviews2026-10-02 — 17 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
95.2%
earned "PICKED IT UP"
74.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-12-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,37873%6

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

CuteFunnyShortCasualComedyMysteryColorfulRelaxingAdventureDetective

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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