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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

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.

1
playing now
92%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 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 12% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 138k–332k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,538 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 19 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

602026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

2882026-05-31 — 14 pageviews2026-06-03 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 14 pageviews2026-06-12 — 18 pageviews2026-06-15 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 21 pageviews2026-06-21 — 25 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-27 — 11 pageviews2026-06-30 — 21 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-06 — 18 pageviews2026-07-09 — 21 pageviews2026-07-12 — 17 pageviews2026-07-15 — 19 pageviews2026-07-18 — 17 pageviews2026-07-21 — 24 pageviews2026-07-24 — 22 pageviews2026-07-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 16 pageviews2026-08-02 — 19 pageviews2026-08-05 — 22 pageviews2026-08-08 — 19 pageviews2026-08-11 — 17 pageviews2026-08-14 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 18 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 23 pageviews2026-08-26 — 11 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 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

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.

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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