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Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

Phoenix Online Studios · Pinkerton Road Studio · 2014-10-15

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 15, 2014 (Mac), Oct 15, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Revisit of one of adventure gaming’s greatest classics by master storyteller Jane Jensen! Struggling bookstore owner Gabriel Knight investigates the sinister Voodoo Murders in New Orleans, discovering the secrets of his family history and unfolding his destiny in this tale of horror and suspense.

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition is an Adventure game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (91% of 1176 reviews).

3
playing now
91%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (76 downloads)
14h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a 1993 point-and-click adventure game, created by Jane Jensen, developed and published by Sierra On-Line, and released for MS-DOS, Macintosh, and Windows on December 17, 1993. The game's story, featuring the voices of Tim Curry, Leah Remini, and Mark Hamill in the CD-ROM version, focuses on Gabriel Knight, a struggling novelist, whose decision to use a spate of recent murders around New Orleans as material for a new novel, leads him into a world of voodoo magic and the truth about his family's past as supernatural fighters.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 29k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,176 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at GOG (2019-06-01) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 31 of 51 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
942Oct 2014Aug 2026Oct 2014 — avg 94 · peak 335Feb 2015 — avg 10 · peak 34Jun 2015 — avg 8 · peak 28Oct 2015 — avg 5 · peak 34Feb 2016 — avg 8 · peak 36Jun 2016 — avg 9 · peak 35Oct 2016 — avg 6 · peak 28Feb 2017 — avg 6 · peak 28Jun 2017 — avg 5 · peak 30Oct 2017 — avg 5 · peak 32Feb 2018 — avg 12 · peak 36Jun 2018 — avg 8 · peak 29Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 21Feb 2019 — avg 6 · peak 15Jun 2019 — avg 6 · peak 25Oct 2019 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 19Feb 2021 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Oct 2021 — avg 4 · peak 20Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 15Jun 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.992015-01-012026-08-232015-01-01 — best price $16.992015-06-11 — best price $7.992015-09-04 — best price $9.992015-11-16 — best price $19.992016-02-23 — best price $4.992016-07-04 — best price $19.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-02-27 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $5.992018-09-13 — best price $19.992018-12-21 — best price $4.992019-06-02 — best price $5.992019-09-12 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-02-29 — best price $19.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992021-03-11 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992023-01-18 — best price $6.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-10-25 — best price $6.992024-02-06 — best price $19.992024-05-29 — best price $19.992024-08-26 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-01-24 — best price $5.992025-04-18 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992025-11-25 — best price $4.992026-02-05 — best price $5.992026-04-23 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $19.992026-08-23 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.9k472026-05-30 — 74 pageviews2026-06-03 — 66 pageviews2026-06-07 — 84 pageviews2026-06-11 — 238 pageviews2026-06-15 — 107 pageviews2026-06-19 — 47 pageviews2026-06-23 — 80 pageviews2026-06-27 — 178 pageviews2026-07-01 — 107 pageviews2026-07-05 — 104 pageviews2026-07-09 — 103 pageviews2026-07-13 — 113 pageviews2026-07-17 — 99 pageviews2026-07-21 — 82 pageviews2026-07-25 — 61 pageviews2026-07-29 — 202 pageviews2026-08-02 — 178 pageviews2026-08-06 — 93 pageviews2026-08-10 — 129 pageviews2026-08-14 — 104 pageviews2026-08-18 — 94 pageviews2026-08-22 — 118 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,922 pageviews2026-08-30 — 268 pageviews2026-09-03 — 176 pageviews2026-09-07 — 120 pageviews2026-09-11 — 107 pageviews2026-09-15 — 111 pageviews2026-09-19 — 106 pageviews2026-09-23 — 98 pageviews2026-09-27 — 112 pageviews2026-10-01 — 72 pageviews2026-10-05 — 126 pageviews2026-10-08 — 95 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
70.3%
earned "Storms Ahead"
35.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

1990'sHorrorPuzzleRemakeClassicMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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